James Whitcomb Riley’s Death – Cause and Date

The children’s author James Whitcomb died at the age of 66. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

A Nineteenth-century author of dialect works and children’s poetry, he is particularly known for poems such as “Little Orphant Annie” and “The Raggedy Man.” The former work was the inspiration for the Little Orphan Annie character of comic strip, stage play, and film fame.

He grew up in Greenfield, Indiana with five siblings. His father was a Democratic nominee to the Indiana House of Representatives.

Quotes

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The most essential factor is persistence – the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.

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When you awaken some morning and hear that somebody or other has been discovered, you can put it down as a fact that he discovered himself years ago – since that time he has been toiling, working, and striving to make himself worthy of general discovery.

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It is no use to grumble and complain; It’s just as cheap and easy to rejoice; When God sorts out the weather and sends rain – Why, rain’s my choice.

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When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.

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The ripest peach is highest on the tree.