
John Hay
John Milton Hay was an American statesman and official whose career in government stretched over almost half a century. Beginning as a private secretary and an assistant for Abraham Lincoln, he became a diplomat. He served as United States Secretary of State under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Hay was also a biographer of Lincoln, and wrote poetry and other literature throughout his life.

Pike County Ballads and Other Poems
From a heroic steamboat engineer to a miraculously saved child, experience heartwarming and courageous tales of love, loyalty, and sacrifice in rural 19th-century America.
By John Hay

Castilian Days
Experience the allure of a nation where ancient traditions collide with modern aspirations, revealing a complex society molded by history's enduring influence.
By John Hay

The Bread-winners: A Social Study
In a city of contrasts, a wealthy widower's comfortable life is disrupted by a determined young woman seeking to escape her working-class fate.
By John Hay

Poems
Step into a world of thought-provoking verses that captures reflections on love, loss, nature, and historical events.
By John Hay