![]() As a poet, Riley achieved an uncommon level of fame during his own lifetime. Titled the Rhymes of Childhood, the book was his most popular and sold millions of copies. His children's poems were compiled into a book and illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy. Riley became a bestselling author in the 1890s. Thanks in part to an endorsement from poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, he eventually earned successive jobs at Indiana newspaper publishers during the latter 1870s. Riley began his career writing verses as a sign maker and submitting poetry to newspapers. His poems tended to be humorous or sentimental, and of the approximately one thousand poems that Riley authored, the majority are in dialect. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier Poet" and "Children's Poet" for his dialect works and his children's poetry respectively. James Whitcomb Riley was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. McDougall Lee Ann Howlett Larry Wilson Leonard Wilson NoelBadrian Philippa SkyAlbatross and NatureNerd. ![]() Read in English by Bruce Kachuk Chris Pyle Doug Fajardo David Lawrence Eva K. This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 23, 2015. LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of In The Dark by James Whitcomb Riley. ![]()
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