James Whitcomb Riley (1849 - 1916)

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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.. Continue..

Some of James Whitcomb Riley Poems

Little Orphant Annie

When the Frost is on the Punkin

The Raggedy Man

The Bumblebee

A Barefoot Boy

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Quote from Author

	Just a wee cot - the crickets chirr - love and the smiling face of her.

- James Whitcomb Riley

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