Who is Maxwell Struthers Burt

Maxwell Struthers Burt (October 18, 1882 Baltimore, Maryland – August 29, 1954, Jackson Hole, Wyoming), was an American novelist, poet, and short-story writer.

Life

Struthers Burt grew up in Philadelphia, where he attended private schools and worked at a city newspaper. He graduated from Princeton University in 1904, then attended the University of Munich, and Merton College at Oxford University. Following his return to the United States, he taught English at Princeton.In 1908, he moved to Wyoming and co-founded the JY Ranch with Louis Joy, which would later become the famous Rockefeller ranch of the same name. In 1912, following a dispute with Joy, he established his own dude ranch, the Bar B C Ranch. That same year, he met and married his wife, Katharine Newlin...
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  • Fifty Years Spent
    Fifty years spent before I found me,
    Wind on my mouth and the taste of the rain,
    Where the great hills circled and swept around me
    And the torrents leapt to the mist-drenched plain;...
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Spring 1 Thought 1 Small 1 Town 1 Great 1 Long 1 Deep 1 Wise 1 Work 1 Wind 1


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