The complete online text of Letters from America by Rupert Brooke.

The English poet Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) was the poet-patriot hero of World War I. He is the most famous representative of Georgian poetry, a short-lived literary movement of the early 20th century. Rupert Brooke was born on Aug. 3, 1887, at Rugby, whe...

At the time of his death in 1915, Rupert Brooke was considered to be England's foremost young poet. A golden-haired, blue-eyed English Adonis, Brooke was the epitome of doomed youth, of the generation that was killed in the trenches of World War I. The w...

At the time of his death in 1915, Rupert Brooke was considered to be England's foremost young poet. A golden-haired, blue-eyed English Adonis, Brooke was the epitome of doomed youth, of the generation that was killed in the trenches of World War I. The w...

In the 1800s, immigrants from Norway wrote letters home about their new life in the U.S. These "America letters" drew thousands of new immigrants to America. In 1825, a Norwegian named Cleng Peerson came to the U.S. on a ship called the...

Byline: LAURA SPENCE The north-east of America is populated by hardworking, serious and conventional people. It is the country's seat of academia, home to all eight Ivy League - socially and academically prestigious - universities, and it encompasses two world cities, Boston...