New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1978. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. James Whitcomb Riley’s poetry, rich in Midwestern dialect and nostalgia, influenced American literature by celebrating rural life, childhood, and folk traditions. His sentimental, rhythmic verses, like Little Orphant Annie, inspired later poets and storytellers, shaping the genre of regional and children's poetry.....
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1905. Vawter, Will. Hardcover. James Whitcomb Riley was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier Poet" and "Children's Poet" for his dialect works and his children's poetry respectively. His poems tended to be humorous or sentimental.....
Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1905. Illustrations by Vawter, Will. Hardcover. James Whitcomb Riley was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier Poet" and "Children's Poet" for his dialect works and his children's poetry respectively. His poems tended to be humorous or.....
Indianapolis: Bowen Merrill CO., 1892. Hardcover. Background Information:James Whitcomb Riley was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier Poet" and "Children's Poet" for his dialect works and his children's poetry respectively. His poems tended to be humorous or sentimental, and of.....