Edgar Lee Masters
Edgar Lee Masters was an American attorney, poet, biographer, and dramatist. He is the author of Spoon River Anthology, The New Star Chamber and Other Essays, Songs and Satires, The Great Valley, The Serpent in the Wilderness, An Obscure Tale, The Spleen, Mark Twain: A Portrait, Lincoln: The Man, and Illinois Poems. In all, Masters published twelve plays, twenty-one books of poetry, six novels and six biographies, including those of Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Vachel Lindsay, and Walt Whitman.
Songs and Satires
Experience quiet contemplation and passionate struggles as life's bittersweet nature is revealed through evocative verses.
By Edgar Lee Masters
The open sea
Travel back in time through verse to witness historical figures grapple with love, betrayal, and moral dilemmas.
By Edgar Lee Masters
The Great Valley
Step back in time and witness the rise of an American metropolis through evocative verses that capture both triumph and tragedy of a city's transformation.
By Edgar Lee Masters
Domesday Book
When a young woman dies unexpectedly in a small town, the investigation unearths a community's secrets and exposes the unseen connections between its residents.
By Edgar Lee Masters
Toward the Gulf
Experience the journey of American identity, liberty, and the intertwined struggles of humanity through vividly painted verses of nature’s course toward freedom.
By Edgar Lee Masters
Mitch Miller
Two young boys in a turn-of-the-century small town, embark on thrilling adventures, navigating the town's vibrant life.
By Edgar Lee Masters
Starved Rock
From a towering rock that has seen civilizations rise and fall, echoes of sorrow and survival bind the past to the present.
By Edgar Lee Masters
Spoon River Anthology
From beyond the grave, the residents of a small town narrate their lives' untold stories.
By Edgar Lee Masters
Children of the Market Place
A young man crosses the Atlantic to claim his inheritance, only to find himself grappling with his identity and the complexities of a rapidly changing American society.
By Edgar Lee Masters