Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1932.
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Root, E. Merrill (Edward Merrill), 1895-1973
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American poet and college professor E. Merrill Root (1895-1973) was a conservative and anti-communist activist who wrote articles and books on communist and Marxist propoganda in the American educational system. The son of a Congregational minister, Root was a devout Quaker and pacifist and went to France in World War I under the auspices of the American Friends Service Committee. After the war Root studied at Andover Theological Seminary and, in 1920, joined the faculty of Earlham College in Ri...