Joaquin Miller
1837 - 1914
The Buffalo Bill of American literature, Miller was a legendary figure.
He was known as the "Poet of the Sierras." Divorced and
defeated as a Canyon City judge, at 33 he went to London and became
a famous bard, often appearing in buckskins. His parents were Quaker, and
he became Quaker during the Civil War, buying a newspaper and using it
to speak out against the war until he was suppressed.
biography
- at the Central California Poetry Journal
biography
and the poem "Yosemite" - a school assignment by Brian and Kyle
biography
and an essay on Portland, Oregon rain - at the Writer's Gateway
biography and the story
"The Last Man of Mexican Camp"
an account of the 1906
San Francisco earthquake - at the Museum of the City of San Francisco
Poetry:
California's
Cup Of Gold
Columbus
Dead In
The Sierras
In
San Francisco
Joaquin
Murietta
Twilight
at the Hights
Yosemite
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