The Columbiad
by Joel Barlow
268 pages~4 hrs
“One voyage started it all; one vision revealed the soul of a new nation.”
Witness the birth of a nation through the eyes of the man who first crossed the Atlantic in this visionary epic poem. Granted a prophetic glimpse into the future, Columbus beholds the sweeping history of the Americas, from the struggle for revolution to the dawning of a new era of liberty.
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