Hezekiah Butterworth

Hezekiah Butterworth

Hezekiah Butterworth (1839–1905) was a well-known writer of books for young people, and a poet. Born in Warren, Rhode Island, he was platform lecturer, speaking on education, hymnology, and his travels, which included tours in Europe, South America, Cuba and Canada. Among the works of Butterworth, most of them books for boys, are several volumes of "Zig-Zag Journeys", the "Knight of Liberty", "In the Boyhood of Lincoln", "Great Composers", "The Patriot Schoolmaster", "Songs of History", "Poems and Ballads" and "Boys of Greenway Court", together with several cantatas.

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