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168: 20: 187: 232: 227: 222: 37:, Allison was partially deaf from an early age and became a voracious reader. By the age of fifteen he was working as an editor for the Henderson 217: 69: 58:
Allison was a writer of prose and verse and is best remembered for his poem the "Derelict," written to complete the famous verse fragment by
45:, where he continued as a newspaper editor. The quality of his reporting caught the attention of the managing editor of the Louisville 242: 237: 19: 96: 95:, a Trappist monastery in western Kentucky. Allison also played a prominent role in the establishment of 59: 212: 207: 109: 87:
The last years of his life were spent exploring Kentucky's rich history, often with his close friend
81: 100: 92: 42: 34: 88: 192: 163: 172: 64: 47: 51:, and in 1880, Allison was taken on as city editor. In 1887 he founded a trade journal, 104: 76:, the first American-Indian opera, in 1890. He maintained a long correspondence with 201: 77: 159: 181: 84:, the latter of whom dedicated several volumes of poetry to Allison. 177: 18: 30:(1853–1932) was an American writer and newspaper editor. 72:." He also wrote the libretto to Henry Waller's 91:of Chicago. He wrote several articles on the 8: 141:Curious Legend of Louis Philippe in Kentucky 135:City of Louisville and a Glimpse of Kentucky 7: 113:, as a state historic site in 1922. 70:Fifteen Men on the Dead Man's Chest 169:Works by or about Young E. Allison 14: 233:American male non-fiction writers 228:Writers from Louisville, Kentucky 185: 147:Select Works of Young E. Allison 223:People from Henderson, Kentucky 193:Text of the poem "The Derelict" 55:and was its editor until 1926. 218:Editors of Kentucky newspapers 103:that is said to have inspired 1: 123:On the Vice of Novel-Reading 184:(public domain audiobooks) 16:American writer (1853–1932) 259: 178:Works by Young E. Allison 160:Works by Young E. Allison 41:; in 1873, he moved to 243:Courier Journal people 238:American print editors 60:Robert Louis Stevenson 24: 22: 110:My Old Kentucky Home 82:James Whitcomb Riley 101:Bardstown, Kentucky 93:Abbey of Gethsemani 53:The Insurance Field 43:Evansville, Indiana 35:Henderson, Kentucky 28:Young Ewing Allison 23:Young Ewing Allison 25: 164:Project Gutenberg 99:, the mansion in 250: 189: 188: 173:Internet Archive 105:Stephen Foster's 89:J. Christian Bay 258: 257: 253: 252: 251: 249: 248: 247: 198: 197: 186: 156: 119: 65:Treasure Island 48:Courier-Journal 17: 12: 11: 5: 256: 254: 246: 245: 240: 235: 230: 225: 220: 215: 210: 200: 199: 196: 195: 190: 175: 166: 155: 154:External links 152: 151: 150: 144: 138: 132: 129:Delicious Vice 126: 118: 115: 74:The Ogallallas 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 255: 244: 241: 239: 236: 234: 231: 229: 226: 224: 221: 219: 216: 214: 211: 209: 206: 205: 203: 194: 191: 183: 179: 176: 174: 170: 167: 165: 161: 158: 157: 153: 148: 145: 142: 139: 136: 133: 130: 127: 124: 121: 120: 116: 114: 112: 111: 106: 102: 98: 94: 90: 85: 83: 79: 75: 71: 67: 66: 61: 56: 54: 50: 49: 44: 40: 36: 31: 29: 21: 146: 140: 134: 128: 122: 108: 97:Federal Hill 86: 78:Eugene Field 73: 63: 57: 52: 46: 38: 32: 27: 26: 213:1932 deaths 208:1853 births 202:Categories 131:, 1907–09 182:LibriVox 33:Born in 171:at the 149:, 1935 143:, 1924 137:, 1887 125:, 1897 117:Works 107:song 80:and 39:News 180:at 162:at 68:, " 62:in 204::

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Henderson, Kentucky
Evansville, Indiana
Courier-Journal
Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island
Fifteen Men on the Dead Man's Chest
Eugene Field
James Whitcomb Riley
J. Christian Bay
Abbey of Gethsemani
Federal Hill
Bardstown, Kentucky
Stephen Foster's
My Old Kentucky Home
Works by Young E. Allison
Project Gutenberg
Works by or about Young E. Allison
Internet Archive
Works by Young E. Allison
LibriVox
Text of the poem "The Derelict"
Categories
1853 births
1932 deaths
Editors of Kentucky newspapers
People from Henderson, Kentucky
Writers from Louisville, Kentucky
American male non-fiction writers
American print editors

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