William E. Barrett

William Edmund Barrett

21 featured booksWilliam Edmund Barrett

William Edmund Barrett was born in New York City. He published his first poem at age 15. In 1916, he moved with his family to Denver, Colorado. Barrett attended Manhattan College. In 1923, he became the Rocky Mountain advertising manager for Westinghouse. In 1925 he married Christine M. Rollman, with whom he had two children. In 1929 he left Westinghouse to become a writer. Starting in 1941, he worked as an aeronautics consultant with the Denver Public Library. He was a member of PEN, the Authors League of America, the National Press Club of Washington, D.C., and the Colorado Authors League.

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The Red Lacquered Gate
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The Shape of Illusion
Representative edition published 1989
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The Left Hand of God
Representative edition published 1976
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Lady of the Lotus
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A woman in the house
Representative edition published 1972
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The Wine and the Music
Representative edition published 1968
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Shepherd of Mankind
Representative edition published 1964
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The Fools of Time
Representative edition published 1963
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The lilies of the field
Representative edition published 1962
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The Edge of Things
Representative edition published 1960
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The first war planes
Representative edition published 1960
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The Empty Shrine
Representative edition published 1958
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The sudden strangers
Representative edition published 1957
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The shadows of the images
Representative edition published 1953
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Woman on horseback
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To the Last Man
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The glory tent
Representative edition published 1977
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The Lilies of the Field
Representative edition published 1967
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Una amazona, biografía de Francisco Solano López y Elisa Lynch
Representative edition published 1956
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Words about wings
Representative edition published 1942
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Flight from youth
Representative edition published 1939
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