In The Dark

LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of In The Dark by James Whitcomb Riley. This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 23, 2015. Read in English by Bruce Kachuk; Chris Pyle; Doug Fajardo; David Lawrence; Eva K.; Newgatenovelist; Garth Burton; J. McDougall; Lee Ann Howlett; Larry Wilson; Leonard Wilson; NoelBadrian; Philippa; SkyAlbatross and NatureNerd. 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 respectively. His poems tended to be humorous or sentimental, and of the approximately one thousand poems that Riley authored, the majority are in dialect. Riley began his career writing verses as a sign maker and submitting poetry to newspapers. 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 became a bestselling author in the 1890s. His children's poems were compiled into a book and illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy. Titled the Rhymes of Childhood, the book was his most popular and sold millions of copies. As a poet, Riley achieved an uncommon level of fame during his own lifetime. ( Wikipedia) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org. Download M4B Audiobook (9MB)