{"product_id":"margaret-widdemer-the-old-road-to-paradise-he-must-have-been-delightful-she-said-when-he-was-alive-paperback","title":"Margaret Widdemer - The Old Road to Paradise: \"He must have been delightful,\" she said, \"when he was alive!\" - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMargaret Widdemer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMargaret Widdemer was born on September 30th, 1884 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Asbury Park, New Jersey. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe graduated from the Drexel Institute Library School in 1909. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMargaret first gained recognition with her poem 'The Factories', and its subject of child labor. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1919, she married Robert Haven Schauffler, a widower five years her senior who was an author and cellist and published widely on poetry, travel, culture, and music. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat same year she won the Pulitzer Prize (then still known as the Columbia University Prize) for this collection 'The Old Road to Paradise'. The award was shared with Carl Sandburg for 'Cornhuskers'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMargaret's career was long and prolific covering poetry, adult and children's fiction and some self-help guidance books. Her friendships covered such authors as Ezra Pound, F. Scott Fitzgerald, T. S. Eliot, Thornton Wilder, and Edna St. Vincent Millay. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMargaret Widdemer died in New York City, on July 14th, 1978. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 72\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.15 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 21, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45860244488389,"sku":"9781839675751","price":13.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/djPdH3XJyO9781839675751.webp?v=1771537733","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/margaret-widdemer-the-old-road-to-paradise-he-must-have-been-delightful-she-said-when-he-was-alive-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}