Edmund Vance Cooke

Edmund Vance Cooke (June 5, 1866 – December 18, 1932) was a 19th- and 20th-century poet best remembered for his inspirational verse "How Did You Die?"

Edmund Vance Cook
BornJune 5, 1866
Port Dover, Ontario
DiedDecember 18, 1932
Cleveland, Ohio
OccupationPoet
Notable work
"How Did You Die?"
Spouse(s)Lilith Castleberry (married 1898)
Children5
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Cooke was born in Port Dover, Ontario. in 1898 he married Lilith Castleberry with whom he had five children. He later read his poems on radio, WWJ in Detroit, Michigan. He died in Cleveland, Ohio.[1]

Books
  • A Patch of Pansies (1894)
  • Impertinent Poems (1903)
  • Rimes to be Read (1897)
  • Chronicles of the Little Tot (1905)
  • Told to the Little Tot (1906)
  • A Morning's Mail (1907)
  • Little Songs for Two (1909)
  • I Rule the House (1910)
  • Basebology (1912)
  • The Story Club (1912)
  • The Uncommon Commoner (1913)
  • Just Then Something Happened (1914)
  • Cheerful Children (1923)
  • Brass Tacks Ballads (1924)
  • Companionable Poems (1924)
  • From the Book of Extenuations (1926)
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References
  1. "Edmund Vance Cooke". allpoetry.com. Retrieved 25 May 2015.


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