Contains over thirty years of poetry written by Magdalene (Neal) Collums of Hope, Arkansas. When they were originally written, Mrs. Collums submitted many of the poems to state and national poetry society contests. Awards received by each poem is identified in the book. Mrs. Collums, now 85 years old, was a high school teacher in the Hope Arkansas area for many years. Also, she was a historian and archivist at the Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives just outside Washington AR, original Capital of the Arkansas Territory. Mrs. Collums' poetry covers a wide range of religious, social and historical topics plus many poems about the wildlife, trees and flowers of Southwest Arkansas.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

Describes the 20,000-mile annual migration of a shorebird called a Red knot, from the tip of South America to the Arctic tundra nesting grounds and back.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.

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