Search results
Jennie Harris Oliver (March 18, 1864 – June 3, 1942) was an American writer. Born in Lowell, Michigan, Oliver became a school teacher and moved to Oklahoma in 1892. She was the poet laureate of Oklahoma from 1940 to her death in 1942.
oliver, jennie harris (1864–1942). Nationally known author and Oklahoma's third poet laureate, Jennie Harris Oliver, the eldest child of Baptist evangelist George W. and Mary Ann Walton Harris, was born March 18, 1864, in Lowell, Michigan.
Looking for a book by Jennie Harris Oliver? Jennie Harris Oliver wrote Mokey, which can be purchased at a lower price at ThriftBooks.com.
It Is Morning by Jennie Harris Oliver and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.co.uk.
Complete order of Oliver Harris books in Publication Order and Chronological Order.
JENNIE HARRIS OLIVER By Bess Truitt A popular writer-poet of her day, Jennie Harris Oliver was loved and honored by Oklahomans. She was respected throughout the Nation, and across the seas her stories and poems were received and read. Jennie Harris Oliver, the eldest child of the Reverend George
Jennie Harris Oliver was a writer-poet born in Michigan who became a school teacher at the age of sixteen. She moved to Fallis, Oklahoma, in 1892 where she wrote her first story on a borrowed typewriter and sold it for $10. She was named Oklahoma's Poet Laureate in 1939 and her book, Red Earth, was published as a memorial to her life and work.
