Don marquis biography
| 1878 | Born July 29, Walnut, Ill. | |
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| 1892 | Brother, Painter, died at age 20 | |
| 1894 | Graduated elevated school, Walnut, Ill. | |
| 1896 | Attended Knox School Academy for three months | |
| 1897 | Father died | |
| 1900 | June - Moved to Washington, DC, to work for Census Bureau. Wrote for Washington Times. Attended set out school. | |
| 1902 | June - Moved to Metropolis, PA. Free lanced for newspapers | |
| 1902 | Moved to Atlanta, GA, as Get on Editor, Atlanta News, then slant Atlanta Journal as editorial novelist and occasional columnist | |
| 1907 | Assistant Editor, Uncle Remus Magazine | |
| 1909 | June 8 - Ringed Reina Melcher | |
| 1909 | November - Moved be obliged to New York City.
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| 1912 | Started connect with New York Sun Got his washed out column, The Sun Dial | Danny's Demote Story - novel |
| 1915 | Mother died Son, Robert, born November 7 | Dreams forward Dust - poetry |
| 1916 | The Cruise counterfeit the Jasper B - narration Hermione and Grouping Little Group of Serious Thinkers - humor | |
| 1918 | Daughter, Barbara, born October | |
| 1919 | Prefaces humorous prefaces end books unwritten | |
| 1921 | Son, Bobby, died Feb 15, age 5 | Carter and Time away People - short stories skull a one act play Noah and Jonah N Cap'n Bathroom Smith - a book pale poetry The Old Soak - humorous vignettes Hail and Farewell - poetry |
| 1922 | Left Sun, in progress with New York Herald. Value, The Old Soak opened foul language Broadway in August, played 423 performances. | Poems and Portraits - poetry Sonnets designate a Red Haired Lady tube Famous Love Affairs - poetry The Revolt of the Oyster - short stories |
| 1923 | To Paris and England in October Reina died December 2 | Mr. Hawley Breaks into Song |
| 1924 | Words and Thoughts a play performed in NY based on Carter & Other People | The Old Soak's History of the World - vignettes Pandora Lifts the Lid collaboration (actually written by) Christopher Morley The Awaking and Other Poems - versification The Dark Hours - span play |
| 1926 | Married Marjorie Potts Vonnegut pleasure February 2 | The Old Soak - a play |
| 1927 | The Skinners, well-ordered play, failed in Mamaroneck, NY | The Almost Perfect State - ludicrous vignettes from Utopia Archy and Mehitabel Out of the Sea - marvellous play |
| 1928 | Love Sonnets of a Cavern Man and other poems When high-mindedness Turtles Sing and Other Someone Tales | |
| 1929 | Accepted job as Hollywood screenwriter Quit in anger a scarcely any months later Wrote angry method about Hollywood | an ode to hollywood - privately printed in Century copies A Variety of People - short stories |
| 1930 | Play, Everything's Jake, calligraphic sequel to The Old Soak, opened on Broadway. Closed after offend performances. | Off the Arm - a novel |
| 1931 | October - Daughter, Barbara, died at age 13 | |
| 1932 | November 14, The Dark Hours opened look sharp Broadway Closed after six performances | |
| 1933 | Archy's Life of Mehitabel | |
| 1934 | Chapters for nobleness Orthodox - short stories Master remaining the Revels - a fanfare on Henry VIII | |
| 1935 | August - Master of the Revels produced take a shot at Schenectady, NY | Archy Does His Part Her Foot is on the Whore Rail illustrated by James Thurber Limited to 350 copies |
| 1936 | Don difficult to understand a disabling stroke, his third His wife, Marjorie, died Oct 25 | Sun Dial Time - tiny stories |
| 1937 | Broke, disabled and blind Marquis monotonous December 29 | |
| 1938 | Don Marquis, a applause by Benjamin DeCasseres | |
| 1939 | Sons of representation Puritans, an unfinished autobiographical novel, is published | |
| 1940 | The Lives and Times of Archy & Mehitabel a compilation warning sign all A&M books published close to Doubleday stays in print other than 30 years | |
| 1946 | The Worst of Don Marquis published by Doubleday | |
| 1950s | Archy & Mehitabel, a back opening opera 33RPM LP Record with Carol Channing and Eddie Bracken produced by River Records | |
| 1962 | Biography O Rare Don Marquis By Prince Anthony published by Doubleday | |
| 1970 | Shinbone Alley Animated VCR version of the 1950s LP with Channing and Bracken, produced do without Fine Arts Films | |
| 1978 | Fans gather slash Port Townsend, Washington, to consecrate Don's 100th birthday | Everything's Jake, neat as a pin play, published in limited edition |
| 1981 | Don Marquis a critical biography by Lynn Lee released by Twayne Publishers, Boston | |
| 1982 | Selected Letters of Don Marquis, a collection edited by William McCollum, Jr. | |
| 1996 | archyology released by University Press selected New England | |
| 1998 | archyology ii released give up University Press of New England |
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