Collected poems of Charles Erskine Scott Wood
By: collected, with a foreword, by Sara Bard Field ; with an introduction by William Rose Benét.
Contributors: Field, Sara Bard, 1882-1974.; Benét, William Rose, 1886-1950.
Publisher: Vanguard Press
Published: 1949
Place of publication: N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
Subjects: American poetry -- 20th century.
Work titles: Poems.
Notes: Charles Erskine Scott Wood was born in Erie, Pennsylvania February 20, 1852. Wood graduated from West Point in 1874 and served as an infantry officer, fighting in the Nez Perce War in 1877, and was present at the surrender of Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce. Wood is the translator of Chief Joseph's famous speech: "I will fight no more forever." He became a prominent attorney in Portland, Oregon. Wood was a frequent contributor to Pacific Monthly magazine, and was a leader of Portland's literary community. He is the father of Nan Wood Honeyman, Oregon's first U. S. congresswoman. He died January 22, 1944 in Los Gatos, California. During his lifetime, he numbered among his friends Chief Joseph, Emma Goldman, Ansel Adams, Robinson Jeffers, Clarence Darrow, Childe Hassam, Margaret Sanger, and John Steinbeck.
Table of contents: value: Part I.; value: Part I. -- (as arranged by the author and published in 1929 by Lantern Press Gelber-Lilinthal, Inc.) -- Part II.; value: Part I. -- (as arranged by the author and published in 1929 by Lantern Press Gelber-Lilinthal, Inc.) -- Part II. -- Part III.; value: Part I. -- (as arranged by the author and published in 1929 by Lantern Press Gelber-Lilinthal, Inc.) -- Part II. -- Part III. -- Part IV.; value: Part I. -- (as arranged by the author and published in 1929 by Lantern Press Gelber-Lilinthal, Inc.) -- Part II. -- Part III. -- Part IV. -- Part V.; value: Part I. -- (as arranged by the author and published in 1929 by Lantern Press Gelber-Lilinthal, Inc.) -- Part II. -- Part III. -- Part IV. -- Part V. -- Part VI.; value: Part I. -- (as arranged by the author and published in 1929 by Lantern Press Gelber-Lilinthal, Inc.) -- Part II. -- Part III. -- Part IV. -- Part V. -- Part VI. -- (written 1923) -- Part VII.; value: Part I.-- (as arranged by the author and published in 1929 by Lantern Press Gelber-Lilinthal, Inc.)-- Part II.-- Part III.-- Part IV.-- Part V.-- Part VI.-- (written 1923)-- Part VII.-- (1918 revision).