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Riley Child-Rhymes with Hoosier Pictures (Library of Indiana Classics) by James Whitcomb Riley, 2010-08-02
The Gobble-Uns 'll Git You Ef You Don't Watch Out! - James Whitcomb Riley's Little Orphant Annie: James Whitcomb Riley's Little Orphant Annie by James Whitcomb Riley, 1975-03
Poems of Childhood. by James Whitcomb Riley, 1943-01-01
The Best of James Whitcomb Riley (A Midland Book)
James Whitcomb Riley, Young Poet (Young Patriots series) by Minnie Belle Mitchell, Montrew Dunham, 2002-04-01
The Complete Poetical Works of James Whitcomb Riley by James Whitcomb Riley, 1993-03-01
A Child-World by James Whitcomb Riley, 2009-10-04
Riley Songs of Home by James Whitcomb Riley, 2009-10-04
Riley songs of home by James Whitcomb Riley, 1910-01-01
Little Orphant Annie and Other Poems (Dover Thrift Editions) by James Whitcomb Riley, 1994-10-20
Afterwhiles by James Whitcomb Riley, 2010-07-12
The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley (Volume 1); In Ten Volumes, Including Poems and Prose Sketches, Many of Which Have Not Heretofore by James Whitcomb Riley, 2010-10-14
The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley by James Whitcomb Riley, 2010-07-09
The flying islands of the night, with illustrations by Franklin Booth by James Whitcomb Riley, 2010-08-01

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James Whitcomb Riley - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
In 1950, the foundation organized Camp Riley, a camp in south central Indiana for children with disabilities. Also in 1924, James Whitcomb Riley High School
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Extractions: Occupation Poet James Whitcomb Riley Greenfield Indiana October 7 July 22 ) was an American writer and poet . Known as the " Hoosier Poet" and the "Children's Poets," he started his career in 1875 writing newspaper verse in Indiana dialect for the Indianapolis Journal . His verse tended to be humorous or sentimental, and of the approximately one-thousand poems that Riley published, over half are in dialect. Claiming that âsimple sentiments that come from the heartâ were the secret of his success, Riley satisfied the public with down-to-earth verse that was "heart high." Although Riley was a bestselling author in the early 1900s and earned a steady income from royalties, he also traveled and gave public readings of his poetry. His favorite authors were Robert Burns and Charles Dickens , and Riley himself befriended bestselling Indiana authors such as Booth Tarkington George Ade and Meredith Nicholson . Many of his works were illustrated by the popular illustrator Howard Chandler Christy Tomb of James Whitcomb Riley at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis Riley loved children, but he never had any of his own; he also never married. For the last twenty-three years of his life he lived on Lockerbie Street, near downtown Indianapolis, as a paying guest of his friends Major and Mrs. Charles Holstein. Indiana honored Riley after his death in 1916 by burying him in
James Whitcomb Riley - Poems And Biography By AmericanPoems.com
Short biography and a selection of his poems, including Little Orphant Annie and comments on the poems.
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Extractions: January 27th, 2008 - we have 237 poets , 8034 poems and 16588 comments Biography of James Whitcomb Riley James Whitcomb Riley was born on October 7, 1849 in Greenfield, Indiana, surrounded by farmland and primitive forests. The wooden planked National Road, which American pioneers and settlers used to travel to the western half of the nation, ran right through Greenfield. The area was diverse in culture, with people from many different homelands, though outwardly appearing as rough wilderness and newly settled country. The critic, Hamlin Garland, described it after a visit by saying, "To my eyes it was the most unpromising field for art, especially for the art of verse. The landscape had no hills, no lakes, no streams of any movement or beauty. Ragged fence-rows, flat and dusty roads, fields of wheat alternating with clumps of trees - these were the features of a country which to me was utterly commonplace - and yet from this dusty, drab, unpromising environment, Riley had been able to draw the honey of woodland poesy, a sweet in which a native fragrance as of basswood and buckwheat bloom mingled with hints of an English meadow and the tang of a Canada thistle." Riley's father, being a frontier politician and lawyer, named his son after an Indiana governor, James Whitcomb. Riley's mother was, of course, a homemaker, and she also wrote poetry. Riley had a difficult time academically, but possessed a talent for language, especially that of his own people. His father wanted him to become a lawyer, but Riley did not apply himself to law. For a time he traveled the American Midwest as a sign painter. He also traveled with a medicine salesman, and drew crowds by playing songs and performing impersonations of people he had met in his travels.
James Whitcomb Riley -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
Britannica online encyclopedia article on James Whitcomb Riley poet remembered for nostalgic dialect verse and often called the poet of the common people.
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Extractions: document.writeln(''); document.writeln('Initializing application...'); Username Password Remember me Forgot your password? Search Site: born Oct. 7, 1849, Greenfield, Ind., U.S. died July 22, 1916, Indianapolis, Ind. Indianapolis Daily Journal and later published as (1883). Riley was briefly local editor of the Anderson (Ind.) Democrat, but his later life was spent in Indianapolis. Old-Fashioned Roses The Flying Islands of the Night A Child-World (1896), and Home Folks Complete Works, 10 vol. (1916). James Whitcomb Riley Link to this article and share the full text with the readers of your Web site or blog-post.
Lost Indiana: In Grave Condition: James Whitcomb Riley
James Whitcomb Riley was born in 1849 in Greenfield, Indiana. He tried out many jobs in his youth, including sign painting and acting in a traveling
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Extractions: (Click for a larger photo) James Whitcomb Riley was born in 1849 in Greenfield, Indiana. He tried out many jobs in his youth, including sign painting and acting in a traveling medicine show. In 1877 he went to work for the Anderson (Indiana) Democrat as a writer. Frustrated with the rejection letters for his verse he was receiving from eastern publications, he wrote a poem called Leonainie signed E. A. P. - for Edgar Allan Poe. The poem was quickly circulated, thus providing proof to a smug Riley that only poems written by a genius known to fame could be published. When he revealed that it was a hoax he was promplty fired - but not because of the deception. The editor of a rival paper, the Kokomo Dispatch , was the one who had linked poem to Poe, thus achieving attention the editors of the Anderson Democrat thought they deserved.
James Whitcomb Riley - Britannica Concise
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Extractions: Print Article Email Article Cite Article U.S. poet. He came into touch with the populace of rural Indiana through his early work experiences. His verse contributions to the Indianapolis Daily Journal When the Frost Is on the Punkin and The Raggedy Man. Among his many collections are The Old Swimmin' Hole Pipes o' Pan at Zekesbury (1888), and Home Folks document.writeln(AAMB2); Images and Media: More on "James Whitcomb Riley" from the 32 Volume Riley, James Whitcomb - poet remembered for nostalgic dialect verse and often called "the poet of the common people." Greenfield - city, Hancock county, central Indiana, U.S., 14 miles (23 km) east of Indianapolis. Founded in 1828 as the county seat, it was incorporated in 1850 and was probably named for John Green, an early settler. Mainly residential, it has some light industries (automobile electronics, textiles, pharmaceuticals), and there are some adjoining farms producing tomatoes, soybeans, and wheat. Greenfield is ... Nye, Bill
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Riley ChildRhymes with Hoosier Pictures ; The Complete Poetical Works of James Whitcomb Riley ; The Best of James Whitcomb Riley ; Raggedy Man -OS N/D
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Regional US riley james whitcomb The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley Volume 10 free ebook. Library of free ebooks with lots of different categorys.
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Extractions: Home Regional US Riley James Whitcomb The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley Volume 10 ALL who knew Mr. Clark intimately, casually, or by sight alone, smiled always, meeting him, and thought, "What an odd man he is!" Not that there was anything extremely or ridiculously obtrusive in Mr. Clark's peculiarities either of feature, dress, or deportment, by which a graded estimate of his really quaint character might aptly be given; but rather, perhaps, it was the curious combination of all these things that had gained for Mr. Clark the transient celebrity of being a very eccentric man. And Mr. Clark, of all the odd inhabitants of the busy metropolis in which he lived, seemed least conscious of the fact of his local prominence. True it was that when familiarly addressed as "Clark, old boy," by sportive individuals he never recollected having seen before, he would oftentimes stare blankly in return, and with evident embarrassment; but as these actions may have been attributable to weak eyes, or to the confusion consequent upon being publicly recognized by the quondam associates of bacchanalian hours, the suggestive facts only served to throw his eccentricities in new relief. And in the minds of many, that Mr. Clark was
Introduction
A site devoted to the poetry and life of james whitcomb riley, The Hoosier Poet, or sometimes known as The Children s Poet.
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Extractions: Riley Bio Williams HAPPY REMEMBRANCES of JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Yes, Happy Remembrance of YOU James Whitcomb Riley, America's Children's Poet and the poet of the Hoosier people wherever they may be around the world. Riley is, you see, the "Hoosier Poet." "Hoosier" is not just a name for Indiana folk. No, it is the name for people who are humble before God and hardworking despite suffering all that life throws at them. They are sympathetic with the plight of others and tolerant beyond measure of race, creed, gender, orientation or social status. Each Hoosier keeps an eye out for trouble but hopes and prays that none hits him or her. The themes of the poetry of a "Hoosier Poet" reflect this kenotic outlook. For some fun "starters" with James Whitcomb Riley check out the following selections from the full length book James Whitcomb Riley: The Poet as Flying Islands of the Night by Thomas E.Q. Williams, 1999
James Whitcomb Riley Frameset
Online exhibit from Indiana University. Includes original manuscripts of poetry, first editions of printed works, photographs, correspondence, memorabilia,
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James Riley Whitcombe Poetry
james whitcomb riley (1849 1916) The Hoosier Poet . 01 - When the Frost is on the Punkin. When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder s in the shock,
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Extractions: When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock, And you hear the kyouck and gobble of the struttin' turkey-cock, And the clackin' of the guineys, and the cluckin' of the hens, And the rooster's hallylooyer as he tiptoes on the fence; O, it's then's the times a feller is a-feelin' at his best, With the risin' sun to greet him from a night of peaceful rest, As he leaves the house, bareheaded, and goes to feed the stock, When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock. They's something kindo' harty-like about the atmusfere When the heat of summer's over and the coolin' fall is here Of course we miss the flowers, and the blossums on the trees, And the mumble of the hummin'-birds and buzzin' of the bees; But the air's so appetizin'; and the landscape through the haze Of a crisp and sunny morning of the airly autumn days Is a pictur' that no painter has the colorin' to mock When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.
Indiana Historical Society
One of the most popular poets in American history, james whitcomb riley was born in Greenfield, Indiana, the second son and third of six children raised by
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Extractions: Quicklinks... Collections Conservation Contact the IHS Digital Images Collection Educator Resources E-Newsletter Signup Exhibits Facility Rental Family History Research Historic Business Register IHS Press Job Opportunities Library Library Catalog Library Reference Desk Local History Services Media Resources Membership Newspapers on Microfilm Shop @ IHS Support Today in Indiana History Volunteer Visit Us Indiana's Storyteller Connecting People to the Past home popular history :: james whitcomb riley About the IHS EARLY LIFE One of the most popular poets in American history, James Whitcomb Riley was born in Greenfield, Indiana, the second son and third of six children raised by Reuben A.a Civil War veteran and lawyerand Elizabeth (Marine) Riley. At an early age Riley discovered that he disliked the "iron discipline" of school life but enjoyed books. As a child, Riley often accompanied his father (a noted political orator) on trips to the Hancock County courthouse, where he observed the manners and mores of country society, as well as the countrified dialect he later used in his poetry. RESTLESS YOUTH "In my dreamy way I did a little of a number of things fairly wellsang, played the guitar and violin, acted, painted signs and wrote poetry. My father did not encourage my verse-making for he thought it too visionary, and being a visionary himself, he believed he understood the dangers of following the promptings of the poetic temperament. I doubted if anything would come of the verse-writing myself."
Our Land, Our Literature: Literature - James Whitcomb Riley
Hoosier Connection james whitcomb riley was born in Greenfield, worked in Anderson, and spent most of his life in Indianapolis.
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Extractions: Hoosier Connection: James Whitcomb Riley was born in Greenfield , worked in Anderson , and spent most of his life in Indianapolis . His childhood home in Greenfield, now dubbed James Whitcomb Riley's Old Home and Museum , and his adulthood home on Lockerbie St. in Indianapolis, the James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home , are open to the public. Works Discussed: The Bat A Country Pathway The Hoosier Folk-Child The Iron Horse ... Town and Country ,” and " The Wind " Born in 1849 in the village of Greenfield While working for The Anderson Democrat The Indianapolis Journal . By 1883, his first collection of poems, most of them written in the dialect of rural Indiana folk, was published as and While nature appears as a prominent subject in much of Riley’s poetry, he often treats it in generalized terms, celebrating flowers (e.g., "The Rose”), insects (“Two Sonnets to the June-Bug”), amphibians (“The Frog”), birds (“The Jaybird”), seasons (“Knee-Deep in June”), and so forth. He sometimes alludes to nature in classical myth (“A Glimpse of Pan”), and often presents nature as the background of a happy childhood (“The All-Golden”), but in most such poems he does not comment specifically on Indiana’s natural features.
James Whitcomb Riley â Infoplease.com
riley, james whitcomb, 18491916, American poet, b. Greenfield, Ind., known as the Hoosier poet. He was at various times a traveling actor, a sign painter,
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Poet: James Whitcomb Riley - All Poems Of James Whitcomb Riley
Poet james whitcomb riley All poems of james whitcomb riley .. poetry.
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Extractions: James Whitcomb Riley is by far one of my favorite poets of all time. I love his imagery, his imagination, his rhyme and rhythm. And most of all I love his sense of 'simple' and his connection to the nature in all of us. He cleverly plays with that which is real, unlike Lewis Carroll who cleverly plays with that which is not.
RPO -- Selected Poetry Of James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916)
Born October 7, 1849, james whitcomb riley gave up formal education in Greenfield Academy, Indiana, early to do art and make a living however he could,
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Extractions: (Little Orphant Annie, 41-48) A Barefoot Boy The Bumblebee Granny Little Orphant Annie ... When the Frost is on the Punkin Born October 7, 1849, James Whitcomb Riley gave up formal education in Greenfield Academy, Indiana, early to do art and make a living however he could, as by sign-painting, one-man stand-up comedy, and medicine shows at home and on the road. He then turned to journalism, first in Greenfield, and afterwards with the Anderson Democrat and the Indianapolis Journal from 1877 to 1885, by 1879 as its resident verse-humorist. During this period he developed his Hoosier dialect and published some of his most loved poems, first in the newspapers, and then in volumes that garnered him many faithful readers:
About James Whitcomb Riley
The Life and Work of james whitcomb riley. riley messageboard, complete text of riley s books and short stories, links to other information on riley.
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Extractions: Timeline Born Leaving school at age 16, Riley first attempted to read law in his father`s office Approx 1870 He and some other youths, which he dubbed "the Graphics," traveled the Indiana countryside as sign, house and ornamental painters. He later joined a traveling wagon show as an advance agent. Riley returned to Greenfield and worked for the town`s newspaper. Riley joined the staff of the Anderson Democrat as associate editor Approx 1877 Frustrated at his poems being rejected by eastern periodicals (Though he was able to publish throughout central Indiana), Riley embarked upon a scheme to prove that for a poem to become popular it had to be written by "a genius known to fame." He wrote a poem, Leonainie , styled after Edgar Allan Poe, and convinced the editor of the Kokomo Dispatch to print it in his newspaper as a long-lost Poe poem. Unmasked as the poem`s true author, Riley was lambasted by rival newspapers and eventually fired from his Anderson job. Approx 1878 Under the name âBenj. F. Johnson of Booneâ he began to write verse in the Hoosier dialect for the
46553. Riley, James Whitcomb. The Columbia World Of Quotations. 1996
46553. riley, james whitcomb. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996.
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James Whitcomb Riley Biography Pictures Portrait Books Online Forum
Forum pictures biography and james whitcomb riley books online Complete Works of james whitcomb riley Vol. I, Complete Works of james whitcomb riley Vol.
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The Complete Works of james whitcomb riley (Volume I). The Complete Works of james whitcomb riley (Volume X). A Defective Santa Claus
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The complete works of james whitcomb riley; in ten volumes, including poems and prose sketches, many of which have not heretofore been published;
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