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Author/Composer of our National Anthem
WATERMAN, Nixon (1859-1944). Author, poet, one of our nations first newspaper columnists. Known for his poem “Far From the Madding Crowd.” Author/composer of our National Anthem The United States of America, 1935, “O Flag of our Land” (The New Star Spangled Banner 1938). His second book In Merry Mood A Book of Cheerful Rhymes, Forbes & Co. 1903, second edition. Two hundred-ten pages. On the front free endpaper Nixon Waterman has written: “To O.W. Hinckley; presented at the request of Willis George Emerson author of ‘Buell Hampton’, and my friend from boyhood. Faithfully yours, Nixon Waterman.” In very good condition. Signatures of Nixon Waterman are uncommon in any form.............$110.00
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