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Latest revision as of 21:24, 8 November 2019
Charles Badger Clark | |
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Born |
January 1, 1883 Albia, Iowa, U.S. |
Died | September 26, 1957 |
Residence | Custer State Park, South Dakota, U.S. |
Alma mater | Dakota Wesleyan University (did not graduate) |
Occupation | poet |
Charles Badger Clark, Jr. (January 1, 1883 - September 26, 1957) was an American cowboy poet.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Life[]
Clark was born on January 1, 1883 in Albia, Iowa.[1][5]
His family moved to Dakota Territory (now South Dakota, where his father served as a Methodist preacher in Huron, Mitchell,, Deadwood, and Hot Springs.[1][2][3]
He dropped out of Dakota Wesleyan University after a clash with a founder of the university, C.B. Clark.[1] [5]
He traveled to Cuba, then returned to Deadwood, where he contracted tuberculosis. He then moved to Tombstone, Arizona to assuage his illness with the dry weather.[1][3][4][5]
He again returned to South Dakota in 1910 to take care of his ailing father.[1] [2][3] [4] There, he once agin contracted tuberculosis.[3]
In 1925, he moved to a cabin (the "Badger Hole") in Custer State Park, in the Black Hills of South Dakota, where he lived for 30 years.[1] [2] [4] [5] [6]
His work was published in Sunset Magazine, Pacific Monthly, Arizona Highways, Colliers, Century Magazine, the Rotarian, and Scribner's.[7]
He died on September 26, 1957.[3]
Recognition[]
In 1937, Clarke was named the Poet Laureate of South Dakota by Governor Leslie Jensen.[2][7]
In popular culture[]
His poem entitled "Lead by America" was performed by the Fred Waring Chorus in 1957.[5]
In 1969, Bob Dylan recorded 'Spanish is the Loving Tongue'.[3]
In America by Heart, Sarah Palin quotes Clarke's poem entitled "A Cowboy's Prayer" as a prayer she likes to say.[8]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Grass-Grown Tales. Boston: R.G. Badger, 1917.
- Sun and Saddle Leather: A collection of poems. Boston: R.G. Badger / Toronto: Copp Clark, 1919; Stockton, CA: Westerners, 1962; Custer, SD: Badger Clark Memorial Society, 1993.
- Sun and Saddle Leather; including Grass-Grown Tales and new poems. Boston: Goreham Press for R.G. Badger, 1922.
- Spike. Boston: R.G. Badger, 1925; Ripon, WI: George Smokey, 1962; Custer, SD: Badger Clark Memorial Society, 1991.
- When Hot Springs Was a Pup. Hot Springs, SD: Kiwanis Club, 1927; Hermosa, SD: Lame Johnny Press, 1976.
- God of the Open. Rapid City, SD: Black Hills United Methodist Historical Society, 1981.
- Sky Lines and Wood Smoke. Custer, SD: Chronicle, 1935.
- Boot and Bylines. Custer, SD: Chronicle, 1935, 1973.
- Singleton. New York: Saint Martin's Press / Robert Hale, 1978.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[9]
Audio / video[]
- Badger Clark reads poems by Badger Clark (LP). Vermilion, SD: University of South Dakota, [1957-1961?][9]
See also[]
References[]
- Jessi Y. Sundstrom: Badger Clark, Cowboy Poet with Universal Appeal, Custer, S.D., 2004
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Badger Clark Memorial Society, biography
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Dakota Wesleyan University biography
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Black Hills Visitor Magazine biography
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Marsha Trimble, "Who is Badger Clark?," True West Magazine, 08/25/2009.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 South Dakota Public Broadcasting biography
- ↑ Badger Hole
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Badger Clark Memorial Society, homepage
- ↑ Sarah Palin, America by Heart: Reflections on family, faith, and flag. New York: HarperCollins, 2010, 230-231
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Search results = au:Badger Clarke, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Nov. 8, 2019.
External links[]
- Poems
- "A Cowboy's Prayer"
- Badger Clark Poems at South Dakota Historical Society (6 poems)
- Charles Badger Clark at Cowboy Poetry
- Books
- Works by Badger Clark at Project Gutenberg
- Template:Internet Archive author
- About
- Badger Clarke: South Dakota's first poet laureate, South Dakota Historical Society
- Charles Badger Clark, Jr. at BH Visitor
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