Indiana Authors and Poets

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Free Songs
Indiannual 6
by
Jim Powell
7146171

The Story of Ernie Pyle
by
Lee G. Miller
7109719

A Meandering Hoosier
by
Hugh A. Cowing, M.D.
7225003

Hoosier Caravan
A Treasury of Indiana
Life and Lore
by
R. E. Banta
Signed by Author
#11 of a Collector's Edition
of 250 Copies

Hoosier
Holly-Hocks
and Other Poems by
"Big Rich"
(E. A. Richardson)
7130994

Turkey Run
and Selected Poems
by
"Big Rich"
(E. A. Richardson)
7171147

Emory Aaron "Big Rich" Richardson (April 30, 1886 – September 17, 1965) was born on a farm in Clay Township, Pike County, Indiana. He was the first person to be unofficially designated state poet laureate of Indiana. The Indiana State Poet Laureate position was not made official until July 1, 2005. Much of his poetry was written about his native Indiana, especially Hoosier nature and country life.

"Big Rich"

James Whitcomb Riley was born in a log cabin on October 7, 1849 in Greenfield, Indiana. Known as the Hoosier Poet, National Poet, and the Children's Poet, he started his career in 1875 writing newspaper verse for the Indianapolis Journal. In his lifetime he published approximately one thousand poems, most being either humorous or sentimental. He died July 22, 1916.
The Days Gone By and Other Poems by James Whitcomb Riley 7109814	When The Frost is on the Punkin and Other Poems by James Whitcomb Riley 7171184	Riley Songs of Summer by James Whitcomb Riley SOLD	James Whitcomb Riley

Wings Beyond
by
C. David Hay
Cover Art
by
D. Omer Seamon
7001183

C. David Hay is a native Hoosier who lives in Rosedale, Indiana. He is a Dental Surgeon, (Dental Surgery Degree in 1961 from Indiana University), and a poet.

C. David Hay

Max Ehrmann's
Poems
7171758

Max Ehrmann was born in Terre Haute, Indiana on September 26, 1872. He was a poet and a lawyer. He is widely known for his 1927 poem "Desiderata". Ehrmann received a degree in English from DePauw University and then studied philosophy and law at Harvard. It was at Harvard, that he published his first book, A Farrago, in 1898. Also while at Harvard he edited "The Rainbow", a national college fraternity magazine. In 1898 he returned to Terre Haute, Indiana to practice law. He was a deputy state's attorney in Vigo County, Indiana for two years. He then worked for a number of years at his brother's manufacturing company* as an attorney and credit manager. At age 40, Ehrmann left the business to write. At age 54, he wrote Desiderata, which achieved fame only after his death. During his lifetime, he wrote more than 20 books and many essays and poems that were published separately in newspapers and magazines. He died September 9, 1945.
*As of the 1903 State of Indiana Inspection report, Ehrmann's Mfg. Co. employed 25 males, 139 females, worked 300 days a year, had good sanitation conditions, the workers were not organized and used 20 H.P. of engine power that was run on electricity. They manufactured workingmen's clothing.

Max Ehrmann

Michael O'Halloran
by
Gene Stratton-Porter

Born in Wabash County, Indiana near Lagro on August 17, 1863, Geneva Grace Stratton was the twelfth and last child born to Mary and Mark Stratton. She died December 6, 1924. Although she is best know for her fiction, she wrote her novels as a way of supporting the publication of her non-fiction books about nature. She authored twelve novels, seven nature books, two books of poetry, plus children's books and articles for magazines. Eight of her novels were made into movies.

Gene Stratton-Porter

The Hoosier Schoolmaster
by
Edward Eggleston

Edward Eggleston was born on December 10, 1837, in Vevay, Indiana. During his life, he was a Methodist Preacher in Indiana and Minnesota, an associate editor of The Little Corporal, Chicago, IL, editor of The National Sunday School Teacher, Chicago, IL, literary editor and later editor-in-chief of The Independent, New York, and editor of Hearth and Home. He was pastor of the church of Christian Endeavour, Brooklyn. From 1880 until his death on September 2, 1902, he devoted himself to literary work. Most of his stories portray the pioneer manners and dialect of the Central West, and the Hoosier Schoolmaster was one of the first examples of American local realistic fiction.

Edward Eggleston

The Way It Was on Tick Ridge
by
Carl E. Woodard

He was born September 22, 1917, in Coloma, Indiana. He was a farmer and had worked for the Ohio Oil Co. in Catlin, Indiana. Because of his great ability to tell a story, he was a published author who wrote two books and a weekly column of short stories titled “The Way it was on Tick Ridge,” for the Parke County Sentinel. He died on December 29, 2005.

Carl E. Woodard

Vintage Postcard c. 1907 with Poem by
and Picture of James Whitcomb Riley.

Vintage Postcard of George Ade's
Country Home, Brook, Indiana