Termed "the first of the columnists," Eugene Field is best known today as the poet of children. However, his poems and stories originally appeared in print in columns written for newspapers in St. Louis, St. Joseph, and Kansas City, Missouri; Denver;...

Highly regarded by his contemporaries as a poet, journalist, humorist, and raconteur, Eugene Field also built a reputation for himself as a bibliophile--although he did not accumulate a notable collection of books or establish a great library. His...

Eugene Field was a popular humorist and newspaperman often called the "Poet of Childhood." Born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Roswell M. and Frances Reed Field, both of New England ancestry, Field claimed two birthdates--2 and 3 September 1850--in later...

Eugene Field and His Age. By Lewis O. Saum (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2001. Pp. xi, 324. Notes, Bib., index. Cloth, $50.00.) Although Eugene Field set the stage for the popular twentieth-century newspaper column, he is all but forgotten today. After working...

Eugene Field Elementary School's achievements have earned nods from the state department of education. Principal Jo DeShon recently learned that the school is a state nominee for the U.S. Department of Education's "No Child Left Behind - Blue Ribbon Schools Program" for 2002-2003....