Little Orphan Annie may be famous in comic strips and movies, but she was first near and dear to the hearts of a Hancock ...

American writer and poet James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916) is best known for writing in the unique Midwestern dialect and penning the poem “Little Orphant Annie” in 1885, which inspired the ...

Little Orphan Annie's spirit was very impressive, ... As I noted a few years back, "Little Orphant Annie" was a popular 1885 poem written by James Whitcomb Riley, ...

The poem was the basis for a silent film, a song, and a storybook. Then Annie became a comic strip, Little Orphan Annie, by Harold Gray in 1924. The comic strip inspired a radio show and two film ...