James Whitcomb Riley, American poet and author (born 1849)

James Whitcomb Riley

American poet (1849–1916)

James Whitcomb Riley was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier Poet" and "Children's Poet" for his dialect works and his children's poetry. His poems tend to be humorous or sentimental. Of the approximately 1,000…