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Will (William) McKendree Carleton

Born: 1845   Hudson , MI
Died: 1912
Parents: John Hancock and Celestia Carleton
Spouse: Adora Hiles Goodweel
Address(es):
Interred:
Green Wood Cemetery
Brooklyn , NY

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Over the Hill to the Poor House and Other Poems
- His most famous poem 		Michigan , Poetry Adult Century 1913
A Thousand More Verses Poetry Adult New York : Every Where Publishing 1912
Arnold and Talleyrand Poetry Adult Loeb Literary Bureau 1909
Tainted Money Poetry Loeb Literary Bureau 1909
The Burglar-Bracelets: a Farce in One Act Drama Adult Loeb Literary Bureau 1909
A Thousand Thoughts From Will Carleton Poetry Adult New York : Every Where Pub. 1908
Drifted In Poetry Adult New York : Every Where Pub. 1908
The Duke and the King Poetry Adult Loeb Literary Bureau 1908
In Old School Days
- illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg. 		Poetry Adult New York, Moffat, Yard 1907
Forest and homestead : home-coming poem, at Adrian, Michigan, June 27, 1907 Michigan , Poetry Adult [New York] : Every Where Publishing. Co. 1907
Poems for Young Americans from Will Carleton Poetry Adult , Children , Teen New York; London : Harper & brothers 1906
Over the hill to the poor-house, & Over the hill from the poor-house, by Will Carleton Poetry Adult New York, London, Harper & Brothers 1904
Songs of Two Centuries Poetry Adult New York, London, Harper & Brothers 1902
Old Infant and Similar Stories Poetry Adult New York, London, Harper & Brothers 1896
The Life of William Carleton: Being His Autobiography and Letters and an Account of His Life and Writings, From the Point at Which the Autobiography Breaks Off Biography Adult Downey & Company 1896
Rhymes of Our Planet Poetry Adult New York, London, Harper & Brothers 1895
City Festivals Poetry Adult New York, London, Harper & Brothers 1892
City Legends Poetry Adult New York, London, Harper & Brothers 1890
An Ancient Spell Poetry Adult Chicago, Clark & Maynard 1887
Country Ballads Poetry Adult Dillingham 1887
City Ballads Poetry Adult New York, London, Harper & Brothers 1885
Farm Festivals Poetry Adult New York, London, Harper & Brothers 1881
Young Folks' Centennial Rhymes Poetry Adult , Children , Teen New York, London, Harper & Brothers 1876
Farm Legends Poetry Adult New York, London, Harper & Brothers 1875
Farm Ballads Poetry Adult New York, London, Harper & Brothers 1873
Poems Poetry Adult Chicago, Lakeside publishing and printing company 1871
What is the aim or goal of your writing: Will has been called the pioneer poet. "As a sentimental recorder of domestic farm life in the Middle West and a cheerfully sympathetic observer of the underprivileged, he reflects both an era and an attitude of American Life". His famous poem "Over the Hill to the Poorhouse" is representative of what the writer speaks.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Poet

Awards:

Name Date
Carleton, Michigan was named after him. October 21 was desigated Will Carleton Day by the Michigan State Legislature. 1919
Carleton Highway (Adrian, Hudson, Hillsdale, Michigan) and Will Carleton Road West (Flat Rock, Michigan)

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Ink Trails: Michigan's Famous and Forgotten Authors by Dave and Jack Dempsey 2012
Literary Michigan by The Michigan Council for the Humanities 1988
Michigan Authors, 2nd ed., 3rd. ed.
- Listed in the following editions: 1980, 1993 		1980
Michigan Poets 1964
Allibone: A Critical Dictionary of English Literature
American Authors : 1600-1900
American Authors and Books
American Biographies
Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography
Bibliophile Dictionary
Dictionary of American Biography
Everyman's Dictionary of Literary Biography, English and American
National Cyclopaedia of American Biography
Oxford Companion to American Literature
Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans
Who Was Who in America

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Hillsdale College Hillsdale , MI 1869

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Founder and Publisher Everywhere Magazine 1894 -1912
Poet and Lecturer Hillsdale College Hillsdale , MI 1887 -1912
Editor Detroit Weekly Tribune Detroit , MI 1871
Newspaper reporter Hillsdale , MI 1869 -1871
- Toured United States, England, Canada, reading his poetry

Other Resources:

MeLCat Links:
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