| The Old Swimmin Hole and Leven More Poems Neghborly Poems on Friendship Grief and Farm Life Contributor(s): Johnson, Benjamin F. (Author), Riley, James Whitcomb (Author) |
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ISBN: 0548009422 ISBN-13: 9780548009420 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2007 Annotation: 1891. Riley was known as the Hoosier poet. He was at various times a traveling actor, a sign painter, and a newspaperman. Under the name Benjamin F. Johnson of Boone he began to write verse in the Hoosier dialect for the Indianapolis Journal. These were first collected in The Old Swimmin-Hole and Leven More Poems. Riley's verse was popular because of its humor, pathos, simplicity, and sentimentality. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - General |
| Dewey: 811 |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6" W x 9" (0.77 lbs) 120 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. |