Poems: Patriotic, Religious, Miscellaneous by Abram J. Ryan. With an Introductory Essay by Rev. John Talbot Smith and an Appreciation by John Moran. (LP182)

Published 1896: Hardcover / Very Good Condition / Illustrated throughout

Original maroon embossed cloth with gilt titles on the cover and spine. 360 very clean and bright pages, mild speckled foxing on the endpapers and edges, previous owners dedication on the first free page. Covers slightly rubbed and faded with time, bumped on the corners and frayed along the spine tips consistent with age but remain firm and intact.
(LP182)

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"Beyond and above and permeating his deep and abiding love for the South was his love for our Lord and our Blessed Lady that is so powerfully expressed in his poetry and verse." [Google Books]

Abram Joseph Ryan was an American poet, Catholic priest, Catholic newspaper editor, orator, and former Vincentian. Historians disagree on whether Ryan served as a military chaplain for the Confederate States of America. He has been called the "Poet-Priest of the South" and the "Poet Laureate of the Confederacy". Google Books...