December 1968 Beaver Beacon publishes Leigh Hunt’s “Abou Ben Adhem”

Also December 1968 Beaver Beacon Abou Ben Adhem poem

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TypeEvent

Datecirca 1968-12

ErasModern era

Event

Date: circa 1968-12
Kind: Publication
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communicationheritagereligion

Summary

The December 1968 Beaver Beacon opened with Leigh Hunt’s “Abou Ben Adhem,” followed by a Christmas-season reflection about peace, community, and the meaning of the holiday.

Evidence and limits

This record documents the poem’s publication. It does not provide the poem’s complete bibliography or evidence about the Beacon’s readership.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, December 1968, “Abou Ben Adhem.”
Opens the issue with Leigh Hunt’s poem “Abou Ben Adhem” and an accompanying Christmas-season reflection; it documents publication, not the poem’s complete bibliography or the Beacon’s readership.
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Beaver Beacon, December 1968, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published poem.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “December 1968 Beaver Beacon publishes Leigh Hunt’s “Abou Ben Adhem””, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-abou-ben-adhem-publication-1968/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1968, “Abou Ben Adhem.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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