"Rifts in the Cloud" Will Carleton Hand Signed 2X3.5 Card Dated 1885 For Sale

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"Rifts in the Cloud" Will Carleton Hand Signed 2X3.5 Card Dated 1885:
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Up for sale "Rifts in the Cloud" Will Carleton Signed 2X3.5 Card Dated 1885. 

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William McKendree Carleton (October

21, 1845 – December 18, 1912) was an American poet from

Michigan. Carleton's poems were most often about his rural life.

Born

in rural Lenawee County, Hudson, Michigan, Carleton was the fifth child of John Hancock

and Celeste (Smith) Carleton. In 1869, he graduated from Hillsdale College and delivered on that occasion the

poem, "Rifts in the Cloud".

 After graduating from college in 1869,

Carleton first worked as a newspaper journalist in Hillsdale. He had been in

the habit of writing poetry as a youngster. His first significant work

published was "Betsy and I Are Out", a tale of a divorce that was

first published in the Toledo Blade, and

reprinted by Harper's Weekly.

Carleton wrote this poem at the age of 25, when he worked as editor of

the Detroit Weekly Tribune. In 1872 he published "Over the

Hill to the Poor House", exploring the plight of the aged and This piece captured national

attention and catapulted Carleton into literary prominence—a position he held

the rest of his life as he continued to write and to lecture from coast Carleton moved to Boston, an important literary and publishing center.

There he married Anne Goodell. They moved to New York City in 1882. Carleton

remained active in his college fraternity and served as the New York City Delta Tau Delta alumni chapter's president. In 1907, he returned to Hudson as a

renowned poet. Carleton's quotes became well known in the US during his

lifetime. With the Public Act 51 of 1919, the Michigan legislature required

teachers to teach at least one of his poems to their students, and October 21

was officially named as Will Carleton Day in Michigan. Schools in Michigan named for him

include Will Carleton Academy in Hillsdale, and Will Carleton Middle School in

Sterling Heights. A section of the M-99 in Hillsdale is

dubbed Will Carleton Road. The village of Carleton in Monroe County, Michigan,

is named for him, and the road on Carleton's northern border, separating Monroe

and Wayne counties, is Will Carleton Road. On June 24, 2007, it was reported

that "the neglected burial plot of the family of rural Michigan poet, Will

Carleton, whose 1872 work, Over the Hill to the Poor House, thrust

him into national prominence, is getting a makeover". Musician Van Dyke Parks is his grand-nephew. He took the title for

his album Clang of the Yankee Reaper from

one of Carleton's poems. 

"Rifts in the Cloud" Will Carleton Hand Signed 2X3.5 Card Dated 1885

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