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Robert P. Tristram Coffin (1892–1955)

Author of Seventeenth-Century Prose and Poetry

47+ Works 529 Members 5 Reviews

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Includes the names: Robert Coffin, Robert Tristan-Coffin, Robert Tristram Coffin, Robert P. Tristam Coffin, Robert P. Tristam Coffin, Robert Peter Tristram Coffin

Also includes: Tristram Coffin (3)

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Works by Robert P. Tristram Coffin

Seventeenth-Century Prose and Poetry (1929) — Editor — 210 copies

The Kennebec: Cradle of Americans (1937) 66 copies

Mainstays of Maine (1944) 27 copies

Christmas in Maine (1942) 20 copies

Coast Calendar (1949) 19 copies

Yankee Coast (1939) 16 copies

Strange holiness (1935) 15 copies

Maine ballads (1939) 11 copies

Life in America: New England (1951) 11 copies

Maine doings; (1950) 10 copies

Captain Abby & Captain John (1939) 10 copies

Collected Poems of Robert P. Tristam Coffin (1939) 10 copies

Saltwater Farm (1937) 9 copies

A Book of Seventeenth-Century Prose (1929) — Editor — 9 copies

Maine Cooking: Old-time Secrets (1991) 9 copies

Lost Paradise (1931) 8 copies

Primer for America (1941) 8 copies

Portrait of an American 7 copies

One-Horse Farm (1949) 5 copies

On the green carpet (1969) 5 copies

The dukes of Buckingham; playboys of the Stuart world 4 copies

Laud, storm center of Stuart England (1930) 4 copies

The Last of the "Logan": The True Adventures of Robert Coffin, Mariner, in the Years 1854 to 1859 (1941) 3 copies

There Will Be Bread and Love (1942) 3 copies

Poems for a son with wings (1945) 3 copies

Red Sky In The Morning. (Signed copy). (1935) 3 copies

An Attic Room (1934) 2 copies

Seventeenth-Century Prose and Poetry (1946) 2 copies

Book of crowns and cottages 2 copies

Mainstays of Maine (2021) 1 copy

Kennebec Cradel of Americans 1 copy

Book of Crowns and Cottages / by Robert P. Tristram Coffin 1 copy

Life in America New England 1 copy

maine doings 1 copy

The Poems that Write the Poet 1 copy

Strange holiness 1 copy

Sir Isaac Coffin, Baronet, 1759-1839: Admiral and Prophet 1 copy

The yoke of thunder, (1932) 1 copy

The third hunger,: & The poem aloud ("The third hunger, the Samuel Harris lectures on literature and life ... delivered… 1 copy

Ballads of Square-Toed Americans 1 copy

The Cry {poem} 1 copy

Winter Friends {poem} 1 copy

Brothers {poem} 1 copy

People Behave Like Ballads 1 copy

Selected poems 1 copy

New poetry of New England: Frost and Robinson, 1 copy

Book of uncles, (1942) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Saturday Evening Post Treasury (1954) — Contributor — 137 copies

Gentlemen, Scholars and Scoundrels: A Treasury of the Best of Harper's Magazine from 1850 to the Present (1959) — Contributor — 55 copies

Out of the Best Books: An Anthology of Literature, Vol. 5: Community Responsibility (1969) — Contributor — 30 copies

Dark of the Moon: Poems of Fantasy and the Macabre (1947) — Contributor — 26 copies

A Good Man: Fathers and Sons in Poetry and Prose (1993) — Contributor — 20 copies

Spring World, Awake: Stories, Poems, and Essays (1970) — Contributor — 9 copies

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17th century (19) 17th century literature (6) 20th century (4) America (5) American history (5) American literature (5) anthology (46) Arkham House (6) art (3) biography (7) British literature (4) Christmas (4) Coffin (4) cooking (6) English (5) English literature (18) essays (22) fantasy (4) fiction (27) first edition (4) hardcover (4) history (15) horror (5) humor (4) journalism (5) Kennebec River (3) literature (36) magazine (5) Maine (45) memoir (4) New England (10) non-fiction (27) own (4) poetry (75) prose (4) religion (4) Rivers of America Series (4) short stories (13) signed (4) textbook (4)

Common Knowledge

Legal name: Coffin, Robert Peter Tristram
Birthdate: 1892-03-18
Date of death: 1955-01-20
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Brunswick, Maine, USA
Place of death: Brunswick, Maine, USA
Places of residence: Portland, Maine, USA
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Oxford, England, UK
Education: Bowdoin College
Princeton University
Oxford University
Occupations: poet
novelist
essayist
college professor
Organizations: Bowdoin College
Awards and honors: American Academy of Arts and Letters ( [1946])

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Christmas in Maine: A Story by Robert P. Tristram Coffin

Originally published in The American Girl magazine, under the title Christmas on Paradise, this little memoir has been frequently anthologized. This edition is, I'm almost sure, a facsimile of a pamphlet edition published by F.W. Chandler in Brunswick, Maine, in 1948.

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auntieknickers | Jul 12, 2020 |

Yankee Coast; Written and Illus. by Robert P.… by Robert P. Tristram (Robert Peter Tristram) Coffin

Vivid and enthuiastic account of the Maine coast with some historical background; maybe a bit overwritten at times but enjoyable if you love Maine as I do (though my family lived inland)

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antiquary | Dec 5, 2011 |

Seventeenth-century prose and poetry by Alexander M. Witherspoon

All you new Puritan book banners out there really should read Milton's Areopagitica, which is included here.

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twain | 1 other review | Mar 29, 2009 |

Seventeenth-century prose and poetry / ed. by Robert… by Robert P. Tristram Coffin

Ex-lib. Manhattanville Library

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ME_Dictionary | 1 other review | Mar 19, 2020 |

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Strange holiness (Winner – Poetry – 1936)

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Works: 47
Also by: 6
Members: 529
Popularity: #47,055
Rating: 3.9

Reviews: 5
ISBNs: 24

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