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James Whitcomb Riley: A Life

hardcover – October 22, 1999
by Van Allen, Elizabeth J.
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ISBN-13: 9780253335913 ISBN-10: 0253335914
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Binding
hardcover
Published
October 22, 1999
Weight
1.8 lbs
Dimensions
23.50×3.10×15.50 cm

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James Whitcomb Riley: A Life by Van Allen, Elizabeth J.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780253335913.

"... a thorough biography that should supplant all previous attempts to understand the man." ―H-Net Reviews "... new, thorough and highly readable... " ―Indianapolis Star Few literary figures have achieved the fame of James Whitcomb Riley, the most popular poet in America at the end of the 19th century―the height of his career. Legends and rumors either elevate Riley as a hero who gave Hoosiers pride of place, or denigrate him as a drunken author of Victorian doggerel. In this first serious modern biography of Riley, Van Allen sifts facts from fiction to paint the truest portrait of this controversial poet.