Leonainie: The Poe-Poem Hoax of James Whitcomb Riley, 1948-1949.

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Leonainie: The Poe-Poem Hoax of James Whitcomb Riley, 1948-1949.

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The collection consists of a manuscript in carbon copy of a book about the Leonainie hoax (Leonainie: The Poe Poem Hoax of James Whitcomb Riley) by Paul G. Henderson, and correspondence the author generated attempting to get the book published. Henderson, of Summit, N.J., was the son of newspaper editor John O. Henderson, who helped in the hoax. The book was never published.

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