Poetry of William Allen White

In addition to this well-known Kansan's journalistic and political accomplishments, William Allen White (1868-1944) was also a very fine poet. He published nearly 200 poems in numerous newspapers, books and magazines. Now, all of his poetry - even some verses as yet unpublished before his death - are brought together for the first time. The editor's introduction and critical notes give added dimension to this famous journalist's poetic philosophy and provide the inside meaning of White's expressive words and statements. White wrote poems in many different meters and rhyme schemes which conveyed ideas and opinions that expressed his unique personality. Some of his political verses today might seem libelous - especially when they scathingly attacked the shenanigans of White's bitter opponents. But his wide range of ideas and concerns, here arranged chronologically by subject, carried some of his more important thoughts into vast arenas of public interest. The Poetry of William Allen White contains historical, contemporary, humorous, satirical, spiritual, political - and in some cases, prophetic - verses, in which White commemorated the general and specific events that label the book's chapter headings. If you read but a few of the poems, you will read all of them! Book jacket.

Donald Stuart Pady finished his academic career as an Associate Professor, Librarian and Bibliographer.