July 26, 1991

Lily Peter, state poet laureate, died. Her biographer, Annie Laura Jaggers, called her “an anachronistic symbol of the pioneering spirit of all Americans and particularly of Arkansas, a state that is a haven for contrasts and extremes.” Having a reverence for words, she wrote throughout her life, producing several published and unpublished manuscripts. Her published works include The Green Linen of Summer, The Great Riding: The Story of De Soto in America, In the Beginning: Myths of the Western World, and Sea Dreams of the Mississippi.

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