The Farmer Boy and How He Became Commander-in-Chief (biography of George Washington)

According to Wikipedia: Robert Bloomfield (December 3, 1766 - August 19, 1823) was an English poet... The poem that made his reputation, The Farmer's Boy, was composed in a garret in Bell Alley where half a dozen other men were at work. He carried finished lines in his head until there was time to write them down. The manuscript, declined by several publishers, fell into the hands of Capel Lofft, a Suffolk squire of literary tastes, who arranged for its publication with woodcuts by Thomas B...