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This first and only comprehensive collection of the literary achievement of Meridel Le Sueur-artist, journalist, political activist, and feminist-includes her best and most representative fiction, reportage, and autobiography from every decade since the twenties. "The New York Times Book Review" wrote that this volume "inspires belief in the power of a writer-and a woman-to prevail against poverty, persecution and public neglect...[Le Sueur's]...

North Star Country explores country stores and county fairs, labor unions and dusty roads traveled by peddlers and truck drivers, and farms where families toil. Written in 1945 by acclaimed activist and writer Meridel Le Sueur, this unconventional history shines an uncommon light on the lives of ordinary people in the Upper Midwest.In the tradition of James Agee and John Dos Passos, Le Sueur creates a mosaic from the fabric of everyday life, i...

In the early years of the twentieth century, as the spirit of Progressivism swept the country, thousands of Americans turned their energies to creating a more just and equitable society. Liberal and left-wing organizations fought for and won a host of labor, political, and social reforms. Marian Wharton and Arthur Le Sueur stood in the thick of those battles.

A lyrical biography of Abraham Lincoln that displays his early struggles with justice and slavery on the Midwest frontier.

A humorous, lyrical retelling of the story of Johnny Appleseed by Midwestern poet and social activist Meridel Le Sueur.

A realistic biography of the frontier Lincoln family told with Le Sueur's lyricism. The only children's book about Nancy Hanks in print.

The historical and legednary Crockett, presented as hunter, congressman, and fighter with many humorous tall tales told by and about him.

A realistic biography of the frontier Lincoln family told with Le Sueur's lyricism. The only children's book about Nancy Hanks in print.

First published in 1954, this evocative portrait of the young Abraham Lincoln has been re-illustrated for this new edition. "The River Road" follows 17-year-old Abraham when, in 1828, he takes a raft down the Ohio and Mississippi river road to New Orleans. The book vividly describes the long and hazardous journey and shows readers Lincoln's response to the new world he discovers. 152 pp. Ages 9-12. Pub: 3/98.

Fiction. Women's literature. Meridel Le Sueur (1900-1996) lived all of her life in the middle west, where she became a voice of conscience for her time. Her second novel, I HEAR MEN TALKING, written in the 1930s but only published in 1984, is her most neglected work. This second edition, with a new introduction by Linda Ray Pratt, should help give this story of farm life in the Depression its rightful place in American literature. "Here are no...