The John Greenleaf Whittier (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): His Life and Work

In this biography of the poet John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)—author of the famous poem “Barbara Frietchie,” influential Quaker poet, and advocate of the abolition of slavery—author Georgina King Lewis examines Whittier’s childhood, poetic genius, nobility of character, courage, and self-sacrifice.