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Frost scholar lathem, who was also a close friend of the fourtime pulitzer prizewinner, scrupulously annotated the 350plus poems in this collection, which has been the standard the only comprehensive gathering of frost s published poetry, this affordable volume offers the entire contents of his eleven books. Early years robert frost was born in san francisco, california, to journalist william prescott frost. The move was actually a return, for frosts ancestors were originally new englanders, and frost became famous for his poetry. Robert frosts most popular book is the poetry of robert frost. His work was initially published in england before it was published in america.
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