2019-12-21T12:14:07-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/bdf/20191221121626002_hd.jpgKnown as the Hoosier poet, James Whitcomb Riley is recognized for his poem ...

In 1893, he moved into the home of a wealthy family on Lockerbie Street, which now operates as the James Whitcomb ... and “Little Orphant Annie” was based on a 12-year-old girl the Riley ...

James Whitcomb ... “Little Orphant Annie,” was inspired by a waif named Allie whom his family had taken in during the Civil War; due to a printing error, her name was changed. The 1885 story of Annie ...

Today, as we play catch up on the calendar, we look at how Little Orphan Annie turned ... "Little Orphant Annie" was a popular 1885 poem written by James Whitcomb Riley, who was an extremely ...

And before she was a childhood comics favorite, she was the beloved hired girl in “Little Orphant Annie,” James Whitcomb Riley’s poem — and the star of a 1918 silent film. “Little ...

First it was a poem by James Whitcomp Riley called "Little Orphant Annie," written in 1885. Cartoonist Harold Gray then adapted the story into a daily newspaper comic strip called Little Orphan Annie.

Little Orphant Annie is a re-edit of a silent film ... which follows the structure of the poem written by James Whitcomb Riley in 1885. Riley is heard reciting his poem in a recording made in ...

who reached national fame in the late 1800s with poems such as “When the Frost Is on the Punkin” and “Little Orphant Annie.” The James Whitcomb Riley Boyhood Home and Museum at 250 W.

(THE DAILY REPORTER) – October 7 marks the 175th anniversary of the birth of James Whitcomb Riley ... poems he wrote, his most famous works include “The Raggedy Man” and “Little Orphant ...

Prolific poet: He wrote more than 1,000 poems ... the SS James Whitcomb Riley, served with the United States Maritime Commission from 1942 to 1971. Mistake made: “Little Orphant Annie” was ...

James Whitcomb Riley ... wrote about Riley in 2014. "Riley was best known for the dialect that characterized his most popular poems, including 'Little Orphant Annie' and 'The Raggedy Man ...