Josiah K. Lilly, Sr., was a generation younger than Lew Wallace. Despite that, the two men shared a great friendship. Josiah’s father, Eli Lilly, served as a colonel in the Civil War and founder of the pharmaceutical company. Josiah received his college diploma in pharmacy in 1882. In the fall […]
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In the late 19th century, Crawfordsville became known as the Athens of Indiana because of the impressive number of successful authors who claimed Crawfordsville home. At the same time, it was also known as the archery capital of the United States. Maurice Thompson was a celebrated leader in both of […]
According to a recent article in the New York Times, celebrated author Mark Twain was “often savage in his commentary” on other literary works. Voracious readers of the 19th and early 20th centuries commonly wrote in the margins of their books. Twain annotated already-published volumes by renowned authors Rudyard Kipling, […]