[Gutenberg 16265] • Riley Songs of Home
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- Authors
- Riley, James Whitcomb
- Tags
- american poetry , poetry
- Date
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 2.19 MB
- Lang
- en
James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916) was an American writer and poet. Known as the "Hoosier Poet" and the "Children's Poet," he started his career in 1875 writing newspaper verse in Indiana dialect for the Indianapolis Journal. His verse tended to humor.