“My favorite authors of prose are Cervantes, Hawthorne, Andersen, Sir Thomas Mallory.”
About Eugene Field
2 September 1850–4 November 1895
In the pantheon of American literature, few figures occupy such a unique and enduring position as Eugene Field, the beloved "Children's Poet" whose gentle verses about childhood, dreams, and imagination have captivated readers for over a century. Born into the rough-and-tumble world of frontier America and dying at…