Six Centuries of Verse: Season 1, Episode 13

American Pioneers 1855-1910

Lee Remick reads Julia Ward Howe's 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic' along with poems by Edgar Allen Poe and Emily Dickinson; Stacy Keach reads poems by Walt Whitman and Herman Melville; John Gielgud recites Robinson's 'Miniver Cheevy'.

Writing:
  • Anthony Thwaite

Stars:
Release Date: 1984-05-02
Seasons: 1
TMDb: 6.0/10
  • Country: GB
  • Language: English | Latin
  • Runtime: 400

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