Synopsis
The best-loved poems by the "Hoosier Poet" are here collected to read and cherish time and time again. Included are some of Riley's most durable and endearing works -- poems about nature, home, and country as well as the dialect poems for which Riley is famous.
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James Whitcomb Riley, born in Greenfield, Indiana, in 1849, was a genial chronicler of small-town life who immortalized the simple virtues of the people he knew best. A popular writer with a vast and enthusiastic following, the 'Hoosier Poet' also earned the respect and praise of other literary luminaries.
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