I borrowed this book from the library to read about Oliver Herford for an upcoming Poetry Treat theme. I only read the chapter about him (Other the subjects were: Franklin Pierce Adams, Richard Willard Armour, Margaret Fishback, Arthur Guiterman, Samuel Goodman Hoffenstein, Donald Robert Perry Marquis, Phyllis McGinley, Christopher Darlington Morley, Ogden Nash, Dorothy Parker, James Whitcomb Riley, & Bert Leston Taylor). Published in 1968 for a younger audience, it does not have the stilted, simplistic style & tone a lot of biographies for teens have today. As I read the chapter on Oliver Herford, I felt like I got to know him and could appreciate his personality.
I will reborrow this book when I feature him at our Poetry Treat.
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