Heap O' Livin' [Library Binding]

Edgar A. Guest (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1976

Edgar Albert Guest (1881-1959) (aka Eddie Guest) was a prolific American poet who was popular in the first half of the 20th century and became known as the People's Poet. After he began at the Detroit Free Press as a copy boy and then a reporter, his first poem appeared 1898. For 40 years, Guest was widely read throughout North America, and his sentimental, optimistic poems were in the same vein as the light verse of Nick Kenny, who wrote syndicated columns during the same decades. From his first published work in the Detroit Free Press until his death in 1959, Guest penned some 11,000 poems which were collected in more than 20 books, including A Heap O' Livin' (1916) and Just Folks (1917). Guest was made Poet Laureate of Michigan, the only poet to have been awarded the title. His other works include: Over Here (1918), The Path to Home (1919), When Day is Done (1921) and Making the House a Home (1922).

Product Details

• Library Binding
• Publisher: Lightyear Pr (June 1, 1976)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0899680410
• ISBN-13: 978-0899680415
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #508,391 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A ENJOYABLE BOOK WITH MEANINGFUL POEMS., March 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Heap O' Livin' (Library Binding)

Mr. Guest is my favorite poet of all times. His poems are great. My favorite poem is "Defeat." If you want one of a kind poems I would get this book.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Remembering Childhood, January 27, 2003

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David Herren (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Heap O' Livin' (Library Binding)

My Grandmother used to read these poems to me at bedtime and it was a delight to her her read these wonderful words to me. She read from her own edition from her childhood so now I can see part of what shaped her love of poetry.

Edgar A. Guest has a way with words which speak of those things we call American. It is "comfort reading" well worth exploring in these present times.

2 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Will be very glad when I find the reading I'm looking for..., September 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Heap O'Living (Hardcover)

I am looking for a writing by Edgar Guest, "The Sermons That We See". Has anyone seen it?

Please contact me at [e-mail].