Best known for the Spoon River Anthology, Edgar Lee Masters first publications were poems and essays opposing U.S. imperialism.

Edgar Lee Masters Spoon River Anthology Facts about Edgar Lee Masters Born Garnett, Kansas on Aug 23, 1868 while his parents were homesteading Son of Hardin W. Masters and Emma Dexter Early childhood near Petersburg, Illinois Moved to Lewistown, Fulton Co., Illinois at age 12 Poet and author Spent adult life primarily in Chicago, Illinois Died in 1950, buried in Oakland Cemetery, Petersburg, ...