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Ernest Lawrence Thayer

Ernest Lawrence Thayer (; August 14, 1863 – August 21, 1940) was an American writer and poet who wrote the poem "Casey" (or "Casey at the Bat"), which is "the single most famous baseball poem ever written" according to the Baseball Almanac, and "the nation’s best-known piece of comic verse—a ballad that began a native legend as colorful and permanent as that of Johnny Appleseed or Paul Bunyan."

Birth and Death Data: Born August 14, 1863 (Lawrence), Died August 21, 1940 (Santa Barbara)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1906 - 1926

Roles Represented in DAHR: author

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor C-3537 12-in. 7/17/1906 Casey at the bat De Wolf Hopper Recitation author  
Victor CVE-3537 12-in. 8/25/1926 Casey at the bat De Wolf Hopper Recitation author  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Thayer, Ernest Lawrence," accessed November 15, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/101972.

Thayer, Ernest Lawrence. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 15, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/101972.

"Thayer, Ernest Lawrence." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 15 November 2024.

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URI: https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/101972

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