Berton Braley

Berton Braley

Berton Braley (29 January 1882 – 23 January 1966) was an American poet. He was born and raised in Wisconsin, his father being a judge who died when Berton Braley was seven years old. At 16, Braley quit high school and got a job working as a factory hand at a plow plant.After a few years, Braley went back to school and received his high school diploma. Shortly thereafter he discovered Tom Hood's poetry instructional book "The Rhymester".

Braley was first published at the age of 11 when a small publication printed a fairy tale he wrote.

He was a prolific writer, with verses in many magazines, including "Coal Age", "American Machinist", "Nation's Business", "Forbes Magazine", "Harper's Magazine", "Atlantic Monthly", and the "Saturday Evening Post". He published twenty books, about half of them being poetry collections.

In 1917, John Philip Sousa composed a marching song for the University of Wisconsin, titled "Wisconsin Forward Forever" with lyrics by Berton Braley.

In 1934, Braley published the autobiographical "Pegasus Pulls a Hack: Memoirs of a Modern Minstrel".

Poetry collections

* Abrams, Linda Tania (editor). "Virtues in Verse: The Best of Berton Braley." California, The Atlantean Press. 1993. ISBN 0-9626854-3-7.

External links

* [http://www.bertonbraley.com/index.htm Berton Braley Cyber Museum]
* [http://www.angelfire.com/ks/landzastanza/jpswff.html lyrics and MIDI sequence of "Wisconsin Forward Forever"]


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