James Whitcomb Riley (October 7, 1849 – July 22, 1916) was an American writer and poet. Known as the "Hoosier Poet", "National Poet" [1] and the "Children's Poet," [2] he started his career during 1875 writing newspaper verse in Indiana dialect for the Indianapolis Journal. His verse tended to be humorous or sentimental, and of the approximately one-thousand poems that Riley published, over half are in dialect.


GOOD-BYE JIM by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY is America's most popular CIVIL WAR poem ever. It was read time and time again by the author, James Whitcomb Riley to many patriotic groups including the Grand Army of the Republic.

This very rare hard cover book is the 1913 edition of the original, which was copyright in 1893. It was published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company, and is beautifully illustrated by noted artist Howard Chandler Christy, with decorations by Bertha Stuart.

It is printed throughout on coated, heavy-stock paper.