About
Poet Laureate of Oregon whose verse works include The Shoes of Happiness and Gates of Paradise. He published two prose works -- Children in Bondage and California the Wonderful -- in 1914.
Before Fame
He attended a Christian college in Santa Rosa, California. He later served as Superintendent of Schools in El Dorado County, California.
Trivia
His 1899 poetry collection, The Man With the Hoe, was inspired by a French painting.
Family Life
He was married three times, and he moved to New York City with his third wife, Anna Catherine Murphy.
Associated With
He developed a friendship with Franklin D. Roosevelt.
