About the Book
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SynopsisStories in Verse edited by Max T. Hohn (1943) is an anthology of narrative poetry compiled for secondary school students, drawing from both English and American verse. Hohn, who taught at Oak Park Township High School in Illinois, gathered a wide-ranging collection of poems that tell stories — covering American history, adventure, legend, and everyday life — with selections from poets such as Longfellow, Whittier, Vachel Lindsay, and Stephen Vincent Benét, among many others. Designed as a classroom text, the book aimed to make poetry more accessible and engaging to young readers by emphasizing its storytelling power, demonstrating that verse can be as gripping and narrative-driven as prose fiction.
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Publication1943, Odyssey Press