Some Indiana Writers and Poets (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Rice, Alonzo

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1333455828 ISBN 13 : 9781333455828

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2017

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James Whitcomb Riley JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY is a native-born Hoosier, and we are all glad of it! Mr. Riley sfather was a country lawyer, and possessed some literary ability. His mother was the daughter of Rev. John Marine. She was born in the State of North Carolina, and came to this State with her father in 1823 when she was about ten years old. Later, while residing with an aunt in Muncie, she formed the acquaintance of Reuben A. Riley, and they were married, and in 1844 located in Greenfield, where she resided until her death, at the age of forty-six years. The Marines were talented people, some of them being more or less prominent in literary and art circles of their time; one having been a very successful portrait painter. Mrs. Riley herself was a talented woman, and is still remembered for her literary ability; but more for her amiable character and beautiful life. There is no doubt that the poet inherited many of his mothers traits, especially her taste for literature and art, and perhaps, too, his abilities in those directions. Reuben A. Riley was a native of Pennsylvania. Ve was possessed of more than ordinary eloquence as a speaker, and his striking oratory is remembered with admiration by all who ever heard him. If the poet inherited his artistic and poetic talent from his mother and her people, he undoubtedly received his extraordinary command of language from his father. The old Riley homestead is located at Greenfield. It is a plain, unpretentious building, after the pattern of houses that are built more for comfort than show. The house where the poet was born has long been torn down, but the present building is located nearly where it stood. The house has had some additions made to it, but Mr. Riley, with scrupulous care, has not allowed these to change its former condition and appearance. The carpenters wanted to make an addition to the house a
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1333455828
• ISBN 13: 9781333455828
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 44
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