Author: KINNEY, COATES
Title: Mists of Fire, Author Signed a Trilogy and Some Eclogs
Description: Rand McNally, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Rare author signed "To. W.C. Collins, A Happy New Year, Cincinnati, January1, 1900, Coates Kinney". Collection of works from the talented and formerly well-known American lawyer, politician and poet.Photo of author opposite Title Page. oates Kinney was born in 1826 near Penn Yan, New York. He was partly educated at Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, and was accompanied by Thomas Corwin while he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in Cincinnati in 1856. He became a journalist, and worked on papers in Cincinnati, Ohio, Xenia, and Springfield, Illinois.From June 1861 until November 1865, he was a paymaster in the United States Army and was mustered out with the commission of brevet lieutenant-colonel of volunteers. He was a delegate to the convention that nominated Ulysses S. Grant for the presidency in 1868 and its Ohio secretary. He was the senator from the 5th district in the Ohio legislature 1882-1883, and delivered a speech against "The Official Rail Road Pass".He wrote poetry, and his verses were collected in Keeuka and Other Poems (Cincinnati, 1855) and Lyrics of the Ideal and the Real (1888). Of his verses, "The Rain on the Roof", which was set to music, was the most popular. He died in Ohio in 1904.Wikipedia; 0.0 X 0.0 X 0.0 inches; 233 pages; Signed by Author. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued .
Keywords: Rain on the Roof Author Signed Poetry Collectible
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Title: Mists of Fire, Author Signed a Trilogy and Some Eclogs
Description: Rand McNally, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Rare author signed "To. W.C. Collins, A Happy New Year, Cincinnati, January1, 1900, Coates Kinney". Collection of works from the talented and formerly well-known American lawyer, politician and poet.Photo of author opposite Title Page. oates Kinney was born in 1826 near Penn Yan, New York. He was partly educated at Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, and was accompanied by Thomas Corwin while he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in Cincinnati in 1856. He became a journalist, and worked on papers in Cincinnati, Ohio, Xenia, and Springfield, Illinois.From June 1861 until November 1865, he was a paymaster in the United States Army and was mustered out with the commission of brevet lieutenant-colonel of volunteers. He was a delegate to the convention that nominated Ulysses S. Grant for the presidency in 1868 and its Ohio secretary. He was the senator from the 5th district in the Ohio legislature 1882-1883, and delivered a speech against "The Official Rail Road Pass".He wrote poetry, and his verses were collected in Keeuka and Other Poems (Cincinnati, 1855) and Lyrics of the Ideal and the Real (1888). Of his verses, "The Rain on the Roof", which was set to music, was the most popular. He died in Ohio in 1904.Wikipedia; 0.0 X 0.0 X 0.0 inches; 233 pages; Signed by Author. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued .
Keywords: Rain on the Roof Author Signed Poetry Collectible
Price: US$ 39.97 Seller: A Book Legacy
- Book number: 63101
- Book number: 63101
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