The Poems And Prose Sketches Of James Whitcomb Riley Sketches In Prose Jamesy A Christmas Story And Others 1897

Author : James Whitcomb Riley
Publisher : Fredonia Books (NL)
ISBN 13 : 9781589633612
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (336 download)

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Download or read book Sketches in Prose written by James Whitcomb Riley and published by Fredonia Books (NL). This book was released on 2001-06-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916) was an American poet, born in Greenfield, Indiana. At the age of 16 he left school and joined a group of itinerant sign painters. Subsequently he acted in a patent-medicine show and worked for a newspaper. From 1877 to 1885 he was a regular contributor of verse to the Indianapolis Journal under the pen name of Benj. F. Johnson, of Boone. Some of the poems were collected in The Old Swimmin' Hole and 'Leven More Poems (1883), a volume that achieved great popularity. His best-known poems include Little Orphant Annie, The Raggedy Man, and When the Frost Is on the Punkin. Riley's popularity derived mainly from his quaint use of Hoosier dialect, his cheerful and whimsical sense of humor, and his intimate understanding of life in the rural Midwest. His other works include Rhymes of Childhood (1890) and Poems Here at Home (1893).