Spoon River AnthologyFront matterReading editionChapter navigation247 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterThe HillHod PuttOllie McGeeFletcher McGeeRobert Fulton TannerCassius HuefferSerepta MasonAmanda BarkerConstance HatelyChase HenryHarry Carey GoodhueJudge SomersKinsey KeeneBenjamin PantierMrs. Benjamin PantierReuben PantierEmily SparksTrainor, the DruggistDaisy FraserBenjamin FraserMinerva Jones“Indignation” Jones“Butch” WeldyDoctor MeyersMrs. MeyersKnowlt HoheimerLydia PuckettFrank DrummerHare DrummerConrad SieverDoc HillAndy The Night-WatchSarah BrownPercy Bysshe ShelleyFlossie CabanisJulia MillerJohnnie SayreCharlie FrenchZenas WittTheodore the PoetThe Town MarshalJack McGuireJacob GoodpastureDorcas GustineNicholas BindleHarold ArnettMargaret Fuller SlackGeorge TrimbleDr. Siegfried Iseman“Ace” ShawLois SpearsJustice ArnettWillard FlukeAner CluteLucius AthertonHomer ClappDeacon TaylorSam HookeyCooney PotterFiddler JonesNellie ClarkLouise SmithHerbert MarshallGeorge GrayHon. Henry BennettGriffy the CooperSersmith the DentistA. D. BloodRobert Southey BurkeDora WilliamsMrs. WilliamsWilliam and EmilyThe Circuit JudgeBlind JackJohn Horace BurlesonNancy KnappBarry HoldenState’s Attorney FallasWendell P. BloydFrancis TurnerFranklin JonesJohn M. ChurchRussian SoniaIsa NutterBarney HainsfeatherPetit, the PoetPauline BarrettMrs. Charles BlissMrs. George ReeceRev. Lemuel WileyThomas Ross, Jr.Rev. Abner PeetJefferson HowardJudge Selah LivelyAlbert SchirdingJonas KeeneEugenia ToddYee BowWashington McNeelyPaul McNeelyMary McNeelyDaniel M’CumberGeorgine Sand MinerThomas RhodesIda ChickenPenniwit, the ArtistJim BrownRobert DavidsonElsa WertmanHamilton GreeneErnest HydeRoger HestonAmos SibleyMrs. SibleyAdam WeirauchEzra BartlettAmelia GarrickJohn Hancock OtisAnthony FindlayJohn CabanisThe UnknownAlexander ThrockmortonJonathan Swift Somers (Author of the Spooniad)Widow McFarlaneCarl HamblinEditor WhedonEugene CarmanClarence FawcettW. Lloyd Garrison StandardProfessor NewcomerRalph RhodesMickey M’GrewRosie RobertsOscar HummelJosiah TompkinsRoscoe PurkapileMrs. PurkapileMrs. KesslerHarmon WhitneyBert KesslerLambert HutchinsLillian StewartHortense RobbinsBatterton DobynsJacob GodbeyWalter SimmonsTom BeattyRoy ButlerSearcy FooteEdmund PollardThomas TrevelyanPercival SharpHiram ScatesPeleg PoagueJeduthan HawleyAbel MelvenyOaks TuttElliott HawkinsVoltaire JohnsonEnglish ThorntonEnoch DunlapIda FrickeySeth ComptonFelix SchmidtSchrœder The FishermanRichard BoneSilas DementDillard SissmanJonathan HoughtonE. C. CulbertsonShack DyeHildrup TubbsHenry TrippGranville CalhounHenry C. CalhounAlfred MoirPerry ZollDippold the OpticianMagrady GrahamArchibald HigbieTom MerrittMrs. MerrittElmer KarrElizabeth ChildersEdith ConantCharles WebsterFather MalloyAmi GreenCalvin CampbellHenry LaytonHarlan SewallIppolit KonovaloffHenry PhippsHarry WilmansJohn WassonMany SoldiersGodwin JamesLyman KingCaroline BransonAnne RutledgeHamlet MicureMabel OsborneWilliam H. HerndonRebecca WassonRutherford McDowellHannah ArmstrongLucinda MatlockDavis MatlockHerman AltmanJennie M’GrewColumbus CheneyWallace FergusonMarie BatesonTennessee Claflin ShopePlymouth Rock JoeImanuel EhrenhardtSamuel GardnerDow KrittWilliam JonesWilliam GoodeJ. Milton MilesFaith MathenyScholfield HurleyWillie MetcalfWillie PenningtonThe Village AtheistJohn BallardJulian ScottAlfonso ChurchillZilpha MarshJames GarberLydia HumphreyLe Roy GoldmanGustav RichterArlo WillCaptain Orlando KillionJeremy CarlisleJoseph DixonJudson StoddardRussell KincaidAaron HatfieldIsaiah BeethovenElijah BrowningWebster FordThe SpooniadEpilogueBeginning of this editionNext chapter →The HillAll chapters and sections (247)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsThe HillHod PuttOllie McGeeFletcher McGeeRobert Fulton TannerCassius HuefferSerepta MasonAmanda BarkerConstance HatelyChase HenryHarry Carey GoodhueJudge SomersKinsey KeeneBenjamin PantierMrs. Benjamin PantierReuben PantierEmily SparksTrainor, the DruggistDaisy FraserBenjamin FraserMinerva Jones“Indignation” Jones“Butch” WeldyDoctor MeyersMrs. MeyersKnowlt HoheimerLydia PuckettFrank DrummerHare DrummerConrad SieverDoc HillAndy The Night-WatchSarah BrownPercy Bysshe ShelleyFlossie CabanisJulia MillerJohnnie SayreCharlie FrenchZenas WittTheodore the PoetThe Town MarshalJack McGuireJacob GoodpastureDorcas GustineNicholas BindleHarold ArnettMargaret Fuller SlackGeorge TrimbleDr. Siegfried Iseman“Ace” ShawLois SpearsJustice ArnettWillard FlukeAner CluteLucius AthertonHomer ClappDeacon TaylorSam HookeyCooney PotterFiddler JonesNellie ClarkLouise SmithHerbert MarshallGeorge GrayHon. Henry BennettGriffy the CooperSersmith the DentistA. D. BloodRobert Southey BurkeDora WilliamsMrs. WilliamsWilliam and EmilyThe Circuit JudgeBlind JackJohn Horace BurlesonNancy KnappBarry HoldenState’s Attorney FallasWendell P. BloydFrancis TurnerFranklin JonesJohn M. ChurchRussian SoniaIsa NutterBarney HainsfeatherPetit, the PoetPauline BarrettMrs. Charles BlissMrs. George ReeceRev. Lemuel WileyThomas Ross, Jr.Rev. Abner PeetJefferson HowardJudge Selah LivelyAlbert SchirdingJonas KeeneEugenia ToddYee BowWashington McNeelyPaul McNeelyMary McNeelyDaniel M’CumberGeorgine Sand MinerThomas RhodesIda ChickenPenniwit, the ArtistJim BrownRobert DavidsonElsa WertmanHamilton GreeneErnest HydeRoger HestonAmos SibleyMrs. SibleyAdam WeirauchEzra BartlettAmelia GarrickJohn Hancock OtisAnthony FindlayJohn CabanisThe UnknownAlexander ThrockmortonJonathan Swift Somers (Author of the Spooniad)Widow McFarlaneCarl HamblinEditor WhedonEugene CarmanClarence FawcettW. Lloyd Garrison StandardProfessor NewcomerRalph RhodesMickey M’GrewRosie RobertsOscar HummelJosiah TompkinsRoscoe PurkapileMrs. PurkapileMrs. KesslerHarmon WhitneyBert KesslerLambert HutchinsLillian StewartHortense RobbinsBatterton DobynsJacob GodbeyWalter SimmonsTom BeattyRoy ButlerSearcy FooteEdmund PollardThomas TrevelyanPercival SharpHiram ScatesPeleg PoagueJeduthan HawleyAbel MelvenyOaks TuttElliott HawkinsVoltaire JohnsonEnglish ThorntonEnoch DunlapIda FrickeySeth ComptonFelix SchmidtSchrœder The FishermanRichard BoneSilas DementDillard SissmanJonathan HoughtonE. C. CulbertsonShack DyeHildrup TubbsHenry TrippGranville CalhounHenry C. CalhounAlfred MoirPerry ZollDippold the OpticianMagrady GrahamArchibald HigbieTom MerrittMrs. MerrittElmer KarrElizabeth ChildersEdith ConantCharles WebsterFather MalloyAmi GreenCalvin CampbellHenry LaytonHarlan SewallIppolit KonovaloffHenry PhippsHarry WilmansJohn WassonMany SoldiersGodwin JamesLyman KingCaroline BransonAnne RutledgeHamlet MicureMabel OsborneWilliam H. HerndonRebecca WassonRutherford McDowellHannah ArmstrongLucinda MatlockDavis MatlockHerman AltmanJennie M’GrewColumbus CheneyWallace FergusonMarie BatesonTennessee Claflin ShopePlymouth Rock JoeImanuel EhrenhardtSamuel GardnerDow KrittWilliam JonesWilliam GoodeJ. Milton MilesFaith MathenyScholfield HurleyWillie MetcalfWillie PenningtonThe Village AtheistJohn BallardJulian ScottAlfonso ChurchillZilpha MarshJames GarberLydia HumphreyLe Roy GoldmanGustav RichterArlo WillCaptain Orlando KillionJeremy CarlisleJoseph DixonJudson StoddardRussell KincaidAaron HatfieldIsaiah BeethovenElijah BrowningWebster FordThe SpooniadEpilogue[Illustration]Spoon River Anthologyby Edgar Lee MastersThe Hill →
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