Neighborly Poems: On Friendship, Grief and Farm Life by Benjamin F. Johnson of Boone - Hardcover

Riley, James Whitcomb

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0548064490 ISBN 13: 9780548064498

Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007

Synopsis

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About the Author

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).

Edition details

• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0548064490
• ISBN 13: 9780548064498
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 116