Emma Lazarus rediscovered
By: Eve Merriam ; introduction and afterword by Morris U. Schappes.
Publisher: Biblio Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
Subjects: Lazarus, Emma, 1849-1887.; Lazarus, Emma, 1849-1887.; Poets, American -- 19th century -- Biography.; Women social reformers -- United States -- Biography.; Social reformers -- United States -- Biography.; Zionists -- United States -- Biography.; Jews -- United States -- Biography.; Poets, American.; Jews -- Biography.; Women -- Biography.
Description: A biography of the American poet, activist for humane causes, and friend to immigrants, who wrote the words now inscribed on the Statue of Liberty.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.164) and index.
Originally published: Emma Lazarus, woman with a torch. New York : Citadel Press, 1956. With new introd.