{"product_id":"poets-progress","title":"Poet's Progress","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe memoirs of James Larkin Pearson (1879-1981), the second Poet Laureate of North Carolina. Born in a crude cabin atop Wilkes County's Berry Mountain, James Larkin Pearson was determined to become a poet. He had little formal education, and spent his early years in farming and carpentry. Pearson said he \"Worked on the farm till I was 21 years old. Many of my poems were composed as I went about my work on the farm. I always carried my notebook and pencil to the field with me, and as I trudged between the plow-handles in the hot sunshine, my mind was busy working out a poem.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to his poetry, Mr. Pearson published The Fool-Killer a successful newspaper that acquired a circulation of some 5,000 readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn August 4, 1953, Governor William B. Umstead appointed Pearson as the North Carolina Poet Laureate of the State. He held this post until his death, on August 27, 1981.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"James Larkin Pearson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44261410046113,"sku":"9780557537044","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/1yzjgqym-front-shortedge-384_5c40e792-6f14-4202-9ec5-223108b20079.jpg?v=1748207763","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/poets-progress","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}