Edgar
A.
Guest
Born:
08/20/1881
Birmingham
,
England
Died: 08/05/1959
Parents: Edwin and Julia Guest
Spouse: Nellie Crossman
Children: Janet Sobell, Edgar "Bud"
Address(es):
Burial:
Woodlawn Cemetery
Detroit , MI
Died: 08/05/1959
Parents: Edwin and Julia Guest
Spouse: Nellie Crossman
Children: Janet Sobell, Edgar "Bud"
Address(es):
Burial:
Woodlawn Cemetery
Detroit , MI
Writings
| Image | Title | Genre | Audience | Publisher | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Living the years | Poetry | Adult | Chicago : Reilly & Lee | 1949 | |
| "Letters" | Non Fiction | Adult | Detroit Free Press | 1946 | |
| Today and Tomorrow | Poetry | Adult | Chicago : Reilly & Lee Co | 1942 | |
| All in a Life Time | Poetry | Adult | Chicago : Reilly & Lee Co | 1938 | |
| Between You and Me; My Philosophy of Life | Non Fiction , Biography | Adult | Chicago : Reilly & Lee Co | 1938 | |
| Collected verse of Edgar A. Guest | Poetry | Adult | Chicago : Reilly & Lee Co | 1934 | |
| Life's Highway | Poetry | Adult | Chicago : Reilly & Lee Co | 1933 | |
| Faith | Poetry | Adult | Chicago : Reilly & Lee Co | 1932 | |
| The Friendly Way | Poetry | Adult | Chicago : Reilly & Lee Co | 1931 | |
| Father | Poetry | Adult | Chicago : Reilly & Lee Co | 1930 | |
| Harbor Lights of Home | Poetry | Adult | Chicago : Reilly & Lee Co | 1928 | |
| The Light of Faith | Poetry | Adult | Chicago : Reilly & Lee Co | 1926 | |
| Rhymes of Childhood | Poetry | Adult | Chicago : Reilly & Lee Co | 1924 | |
| The Passing Throng | Poetry | Adult | Chicago : Reilly & Lee Co | 1923 | |
| All That Matters | Poetry | Adult | Chicago : Reilly & Lee Co | 1922 | |
| When Day is Done | Poetry | Adult | Chicago: The Reilly and Lee co | 1921 | |
| A Dozen New Poems | Poetry | Adult | Chicago : Reilly & Lee | 1920 | |
| Just Folks - The Friendly Way | Poetry | Adult | Chicago: Reilly and Britton | 1917 | |
| A Heap o' Livin' | Poetry | Adult | Chicago: Reilly and Britton | 1916 | |
|
Breakfast Table Chat - Collection of columns published in the Detroit Free Press. |
Poetry | Adult | Detroit, MI : Detroit Free Press | 1914 | |
| Just Glad Things | Poetry | Adult | Detroit, MI | 1911 |
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Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No
Skills:
Author
Poet
Awards:
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
|
Inducted into Mighigan Journalism Hall of Fame - "for more than thirty years there wasn't a Free Press (Detroit newspaper) that didn't carry his verse." |
1988 |
Inclusion in biographical or critical works:
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Ink Trails II by Dave and Jack Dempsey | 2015 |
| Michigan Authors, 3rd edition | 1993 |
| Literary Michigan by The Michigan Council for the Humanities | 1988 |
| Michigan Authors, 2nd ed. | 1980 |
| Michigan Poets | 1964 |
| American Authors and Books | |
|
Childhood in Poetry
- The Childhood in Poetry Collection is part of The John MacKay Shaw Collection housed at Florida State University Library and consists of books, works of art, manuscripts, catalogs and ephemera related to childhood. The collection includes bibliographies, biographies, literature, poetry, and criticism. |
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| Current Biography | |
| Dictionary of American Biography | |
| Lincoln Library of Language Arts | |
| Michigan: A Centennial History of the State and its People (Michigan Biography: Vol 4) | |
| National Cyclopaedia of American Biography | |
| Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature | |
| Who Was Who in America | |
| Who Was Who among North American Authors |
Education:
| Degree | Institution | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| - His father died when the poet was seventeen, and Guest was forced to drop out of high school and work full time at the newspaper. | Central High School | Detroit , MI | 1897 |
Career:
| Position | Organization | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| “A Guest in Your Home” appeared on NBC TV. | 1951 | ||
| Guest broadcast a weekly program on NBC radio | NBC | Detroit , MI | 1931 -1942 |
|
Newspaperman
- Began writing when 14 years old. His weekly column, “Chaff," first appeared in 1904; his topical verses eventually became the daily “Breakfast Table Chat," which was syndicated to over three-hundred newspapers throughout the United States. |
Detroit Free Press | Detroit , MI | 1895 -1959 |
| President | American Press Humorists |
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