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Eugene Field Lewis O. Saum E F UGENE IELD and His Age University of Nebraska Press Lincoln &London Publication ofthis volume was assisted by The Virginia Faulkner Fund, established in memory ofVirginia Faulkner, editor-in-chiefofthe University ofNebraska Press. © by the University ofNebraska Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States ofAmerica ∞ Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Saum, Lewis O. Eugene Field and his age / Lewis O. Saum. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ---(cl : alk. paper) . Field, Eugene, ‒. . Journalism—Illinois— Chicago—History—th century. . Poets, American— th century—Biography. . Journalists—United States— Biography. . Chicago (Ill.)—Biography. . Chicago (Ill.)—History. I. Title. . .—dc [B] - To my wife, Judy Contents Acknowledgments ix A Brief Field Chronology xi Introduction 1 The West 2 Politics in Missouri 3 Politics in the Nation 4 Ball Games 5 Theater 6 The Literary Arena Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments Early in the research for this study a grant from the Hunting- ton Library in San Marino, California, assisted me in doing work there. Later, awards from the Richard E. Brownlee Fund at the State Historical Society of Missouri aided me in the considerable work that needed to be done there. On two occasions also, assistance came my way from the Howard and Frances Keller Endowed Fund at the University of Washington. My gratitude goes to those institutions, and my thanks go to various other libraries and repositories I visited in the course of this project. Also, I thank Charles K. Field, a grand- son of Eugene Field, for his friendly interest in my project and for his willingness to have me use passages from Eugene Field’s letters. Sometimes my wife Judy, also a historian, accompanied me on my in- vestigative forays, doing her own research while making mine more enjoyable. None of those who offered aid and encouragement to me should in any way be thought responsible for waywardness or mis- construction some might discern in what follows. Such unlovely qualities will be mine alone.
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