RARE! Renowned Poet Edgar Guest Hand Signed TLS Dated 1928 JG Autographs COA

  

There is a small tear along the center fold not affecting the signature. The price has been adjusted to reflect this. This item is certified authentic by JG Autographs and comes with their Certificate of Authenticity. Was a prolific English-born American. Who was popular in the first half of the.

And became known as the People's Poet. His poems often had an inspirational and optimistic view of everyday life. In 1891, Guest moved with his family to the United States from England. After he began at the. As a copy boy and then a reporter, his first poem appeared 11 December 1898. For 40 years, Guest was widely read throughout. And his sentimental, optimistic poems were in the same vein as the. 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 syndicated in some 300 newspapers and collected in more than 20 books, including A Heap o' Livin' (1916) and Just Folks (192357). Of Michigan, the only poet to have been awarded the title.

His popularity led to a weekly Detroit radio show which he hosted from 1931 until 1942, followed by a 1951. Television series, A Guest in Your Home. He also had a thrice-weekly.

Radio program that began January 15, 1941, and was sponsored by. In Detroit, where he was a lifetime member of Ashlar Lodge No. In honor of Guest's devotion to the Craft, community, and humanity in general, the. Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Michigan. Guest Award for lodges to present to non-Masons within the community who have demonstrated distinguished service to the community and their fellow man.

When Guest died in 1959, he was buried in Detroit's. Is a successful novelist who wrote.