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Poems of American History, Volume 5, The Period of Expansion

The final section of Poems of American History covers The Reconstruction after the Civil War, the First Centennial, the continued expansion westward, the assasination of Garfield, The Spanish American War, and World War I. Poets in this volume include: John Greenleaf Whittier, Bret Harte, Oliver Wendell Holmes, William Cullen Bryant, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Wallace Rice, Vachel Lindsay, Joyce Kilmer, and many more. - Summary by Ed Humpal (8 hr 3 min)

Chapters

Chapter I, Reconstruction and After

Chapter II, The Year of a Hundred Years

Chapter III, The Conquest of the Plains

Chapter IV, The Second Assasination, Part 1

Chapter IV, The Second Assasination, Part 2

Chapter V, The War with Spain, Part 1

Chapter V, The War with Spain, Part 2

Chapter V, The War with Spain, Part 3

Chapter V, The War with Spain, Part 4

Chapter VI, The New Century

Chapter 11, The World War, Part 1

Chapter 11, The World War, Part 2