"Now the dark waters at the bow fold back, like earth against the plow; foam brightens like the dogwood now at home, in my own country."
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Quoted as an epigraph in John Gunther, Inside U.S.A (1947), front matter
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Malcolm Cowley
Malcolm Cowley (August 24, 1898 – March 27, 1989) was an American writer, editor, historian, poet, and literary critic. His best known works include his first book of poetry, Blue Juniata (1929), and his memoir, Exile's Return (1934; rev. 1951), written as a chronicler and fellow traveller of the Lost Generation and an influential editor and talent scout at Viking Press.
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