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The Dead Men's Song: Being the Story of a Poem and a Reminiscent Sketch of its Author Young Ewing Allison

by Champion Ingraham Hitchcock

Level B2 · Upper-intermediatePoetry13 chapters
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CEFR level
B2
Length
13 chapters
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About this book

Dive into the haunting tale behind the creation of the infamous pirate poem "Fifteen Men on the Dead Man’s Chest," intertwined with personal recollections and rare manuscripts revealing the life and genius of its elusive author.

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Contents

13 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02SUPPLEMENTING the TEXT
03A WORD SAID BEFOREHAND
04DERELICT
05PICTURING the INDIVIDUAL
06MAN and NEWSPAPER MAN
07JUST BROWSING AROUND
08IN the OPERATIC FIELD
09BALLAD of DEAD MEN
10IF THERE is CONTROVERSY!
11SOME CLIPPINGS; and A LETTER
12YO-HO-HO and a BOTTLE OF RUM

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