Many Gods - Softcover

Rice, Cale Young

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1535290781 ISBN 13: 9781535290784

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

Cale Young Rice was an American poet and dramatist,he was born in Dixon, Kentucky, to Laban Marchbanks Rice, a Confederate veteran and tobacco merchant, and his wife Martha Lacy. He was a younger brother of Laban Lacy Rice, a noted educator. Cale Rice grew up in Evansville, Indiana, and Louisville, Kentucky. He was educated at Cumberland University and at Harvard.He was married to the popular author Alice Hegan Rice; they worked together on several books. The marriage was childless, and Cale committed suicide by gunshot during the night of January 23–24 at his home in Louisville a year after her death due to his sorrow at losing her.Cale Rice's poems were collected and published in a single volume by his brother, Laban Lacy Rice.His birthplace in Dixon is designated by Kentucky State Historical Marker 1508, which reads:"Birthplace of Rice brothers, Cale Young, 1872-1943, noted poet and author; Laban Lacy, 1870-1973, well-known educator and author. Lacy published The Best Poetic Works of Cale Young Rice after Cale's death. Included in famous collection is poem, "The Mystic." Cale married Alice Hegan, also a distinguished Kentucky writer. Home overlooks Memorial Garden.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1535290781
• ISBN 13: 9781535290784
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 42
• Editor: Books Only