Max Ehrmann
Noted poet and author
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Picture of Max Ehrmann.•aFrom the Historic Treasurer article published in the Terre Haute Tribune Star on March 16, 1986 (written by Susan J. Dehler): Max Ehrmann was a poet and philosopher. He chose to live in his native city--Terre Haute--rather than near the publishing houses of New York City. Perhaps this choice hurt his career. And yet, the midwestern environment and Ehrmann 19s community of friends provided inspiration for many of his writings.Born in 1872 in a small, one-story brick house on North Fourth Street, Ehrmann attended the Fourth District School in Terre Haute, where his teacher, Louise Peters, inspired him to become a voracious reader.In his journal he recalls a pleasant childhood in which the love of literature also was nurtured by his German parents. Family entertainment was reading aloud from the German classics or his father 19s recitation of poetry by Schiller.The wooden flute on display in the Historical Museum of the Wabash Valley belonged to Ehrmann when he was 9 years old. It is stored in a wooden box. |
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| Origin: | 2005 |
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http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/vchs/id/179 |
| Collection: |
Vigo County Historical Society |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/ |
| Copyright: |
Copyright Undetermined |
| Subjects: |
Ehrmann, Max, 1872-1945 Portraits Portrait photographs Authors Poets Famous Hoosiers People |
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