'Merican Lit

Steve Hamstra

Exploring the letters and literature of our American forebears.

Episodes

  1. 06/14/2018

    Episode 55: Walt Whitman Selected Poems, Part 2

    Ending where we began, with one of America’s finest poets!

    Episode 55: Walt Whitman Selected Poems, Part 2

  2. 06/07/2018

    Episode 54: J.C. Lewis' "Black Beaver the Trapper"

    This episode’s got it all: guns, wild animals, untamed mountains and poor grammar!

    Episode 54: J.C. Lewis' "Black Beaver the Trapper"

  3. 05/24/2018

    Episode 53: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Paul Revere's Ride"

    Discover a famous poem of patriotic fervor.

    Episode 53: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Paul Revere's Ride"

  4. 05/17/2018

    Episode 52: Alexis de Tocqueville's "Democracy in America", Part 2

    Does America’s majority wield kingly power over allowable opinion?

    Episode 52: Alexis de Tocqueville's "Democracy in America", Part 2

  5. 05/03/2018

    Episode 51: Walt Whitman's "A Song of Joys"

    Experience all the feels with an icon of American poetry.

    Episode 51: Walt Whitman's "A Song of Joys"

  6. 04/26/2018

    Episode 50: The American Standard Version of the Bible

    Enjoy a book of springtime passion: the Song of Solomon.

    Episode 50: The American Standard Version of the Bible

  7. 04/19/2018

    Episode 49: "Memoirs of John R. Young"

    Join a Mormon pioneer on the trail west to Salt Lake Valley.

    Episode 49: "Memoirs of John R. Young"

  8. 04/12/2018

    Episode 48: Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Nature"

    Find out if you really, I mean really, see nature.

    Episode 48: Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Nature"

  9. 04/05/2018

    Episode 47: John Dickinson's "Letters From A Farmer"

    The first missive from the “Penman of the Revolution.”

    Episode 47: John Dickinson's "Letters From A Farmer"

  10. 03/29/2018

    Episode 46: James Russell Lowell's "The Place of the Independent in Politics"

    A call to better politics—if that were possible.

    Episode 46: James Russell Lowell's "The Place of the Independent in Politics"

  11. 03/22/2018

    Episode 45: "The Articles of Confederation"

    Meet a hot model of limited government.

    Episode 45: "The Articles of Confederation"
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Exploring the letters and literature of our American forebears.

Information

  • Creator
    Steve Hamstra
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2018
  • Episodes
    11
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © All rights reserved
  • Show Website
    'Merican Lit