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DAUGHTERS,THE DARK HILLs UNDER  \nShirley Barker,whose last novel aboutour nation's youth,Rivers Parting,was a selection of the Literary Guildof America,has returned to her firstlove,poetry,for this lyric celebrationof our land and our people.  \nRanging freely from the generationof Robin Hood and the Old World,to the first Americans,the Puritans,and up to the Americans of our agewho returned to fight with their an-cestors in a time of peril,Miss Barker'sverse echoes the heartbeat of thisnation.  \nIt is singing verse,strong with prideand gentle in its laughter.ShirleyBarker has re-created—not as saints,but as creatures of earth—our fore-fathers who founded the Americanway of life.  \nCROWN PUBLISHERS,INC.419 Fourth Avenue,New York City 16  \n## A LAND AND A PEOPLE\n\nBooks by Shirley Barker  \nPOETRY  \nThe Dark Hills Under  \nA Land and a People  \nNOVELS  \nPeace,My Daughters  \nRivers Parting  \nA Land and a People  \nAbook of poems  \nCOPYRIGHT,I952,BY SHIRLEY BARKER  \nLIBRARY OF CONGRESS  \nCATALOG CARD NUMBER 52-5683  \nDESIGNED BY ABE LERNER  \nPRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  \n## Dedication\n\nfor whom I am like money in the bank.You can forget it,take no care for it.But if you ever need it,it is there.","cbCaicV26BdCKfLf","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicV26BdCKfLf","pdf",2297314,96,"English","# A Land and a People\n## Books by Shirley Barker\n## Dedication","[{\"question\":\"Who is the author of A Land and a People?\",\"answer\":\"The collection was written by Shirley Barker, who is also known for her novels such as Rivers Parting and Peace, My Daughters.\"},{\"question\":\"What themes are explored in this poetry collection?\",\"answer\":\"The poems focus on a lyric celebration of American land and people, covering themes from Old World legends and the Puritan era to the modern American experience.\"},{\"question\":\"When was this collection of poems published?\",\"answer\":\"A Land and a People was published in 1952 by Crown Publishers, Inc.\"}]","A 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