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  • Bibliography:
    19 Books
  • First Book:
    July 1942
  • Latest Book:
    June 2016
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Book List in Order: 19 titles



  • A wide spectrum of themes and emotions are dealt with in this anthology of Benet's prose, which includes romance, adventure, narratives, and pure fiction....



  • Having promised his soul to the Devil in exchange for good fortune, Jabez Stone asks the talented lawyer Daniel Webster to get him out of the bargain. But how will that turn out?...



  • Excerpt from John Brown's Body

    But only made it smaller with their art, Because you are as various as your land, As mountainous-deep, as ï¬,owered with blue rivers, Thirsty with deserts, buried under snows, As native as the shape of Navajo qui...



  • This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...



  • Stephen Vincent Benet (1898-1943) is best known for his book-length narrative poem of the American Civil War, John Brown's Body (1928), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1929, and for two short stories, "The Devil and Daniel Webster" and "By the W...



  • This wonderful collection of stories, originally published posthumously in 1944, is here republished with a new introductory biography. BenĂ©t was an accomplished writer at an early age, having had his first book published at 17. His best known works...



  • This wonderful collection of stories, originally published in 1942, is here republished with a new introductory biography. BenĂ©t was an accomplished writer at an early age, having had his first book published at 17. His best known works are the book...



  • This wonderful collection of stories, originally published posthumously in 1942, is here republished with a new introductory biography. Contents include: Johnny Pye and the Fool-Killer, By the Waves of Babylon and others. BenĂ©t was an accomplished w...



  • This book contains BenĂ©t's first collection of short stories originally published in 1937. Contents include: The Waters of Babylon, The Blood of the Martyrs, The King of the Cats, The Story of Angela Poe, The Treasure of Vasco Gomez, The Curfew Toll...






  • Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stephen Vincent BenĂ©t was one of America's greatest storytellers, most famous for his witty and moving tribute to American history, The Devil and Daniel Webster, where a trial for a man's soul becomes a trial of America...



  • Stephen Vincent Benet (1898 - 1943) was an American author, poet, short story writer, and novelist. Benet is best known for his book-length narrative poem of the American Civil War, John Brown's Body (1928), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1929,...



  • This early work by Stephen Vincent BenĂ©t was originally published in 1938 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Johnny Pye and the Fool Killer' is a novel by this prolific author of prose and poetry. Stephen Vincen...



  • Among BenĂ©t’s most beautiful and moving works are these eight deceptively simple short stories that he assembled as Tales of Our Time. Each tale uses a seemingly commonplace situation -- a class reunion, a funeral, teenagers falling in love in the...





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    After publishing three volumes of verse, BenĂ©t tried his hand at fiction in this autobiographical novel, published in 1921. It is the picaresque story of a young man who encounters God, Country, Yale, and, finally, war. ...



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    This early work by Stephen Vincent Benét was originally published in 1926 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Spanish Bayonet' is a short story by this prolific author of prose and poetry. Stephen Vincent Benét ...



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    This early work by Stephen Vincent Benét was originally published in 1942 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'A Tooth for Paul Revere' is a short story by this prolific author of prose and poetry. Stephen Vincent...



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    Stephen Vincent Benét (1898-1943) was an American author, poet, short story writer and novelist. He is best known for his book-length narrative poem of the American Civil War, John Brown's Body (1928), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1929, and ...






Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Stephen Vincent Benet has published 19 books.

Stephen Vincent Benet does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Young People's Pride, was published in June 2016.

The first book by Stephen Vincent Benet, Selected Works of Stephen Vincent Benet, was published in July 1942.

No. Stephen Vincent Benet does not write books in series.