In 1917, John Philip Sousa composed a marching song for the University of Wisconsin, titled Wisconsin Forward Forever with lyrics by Berton Braley. He published twenty books, about half of them being poetry collections. His work appeared in numerous pulp magazines, including Adventure, Breezy Stories, Complete Stories, The Popular Magazine, Short Stories and Snappy Stories. He was a prolific writer, with verses in many magazines, including Coal Age, American Machinist, Nation's Business, Forbes magazine, Harper's Magazine, Atlantic Monthly, and the Saturday Evening Post. He spent some time after 1905 living in Butte, Montana, working as a staff journalist on the Butte Evening News (published 1905-1911).īraley was first published at the age of 11 when a small publication printed a fairy tale he wrote. Shortly thereafter he discovered Tom Hood's poetry instructional book The Rhymester. After a few years, Braley went back to school and received his high school diploma. At 16, Braley quit high school and got a job working as a factory hand at a plow plant. Braley, was a judge he died when Berton Braley was seven years old.
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