id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-4189 Sherwood Anderson - Wikipedia .html text/html 6427 648 70 Sherwood Anderson (September 13, 1876 – March 8, 1941) was an American novelist and short story writer, known for subjective and self-revealing works. Following the example of his Clyde confederate and lifelong friend Cliff Paden (later to become known as John Emerson) and Karl, Anderson took up the idea of furthering his education by enrolling in night school at the Lewis Institute.[29] He attended several classes regularly including "New Business Arithmetic" earning marks that placed him second in the class.[30] It was also there that Anderson heard lectures on Robert Browning, Alfred Tennyson, and was possibly first introduced to the poetry of Walt Whitman.[29] Soon, however, Anderson's first stint in Chicago would come to an end as the United States prepared to enter the Spanish–American War. Although he had limited resources while in Chicago, Anderson bought a new suit and returned to Clyde to join the military.[31] Once home, the company he joined mustered into the army at Camp Bushnell, Ohio on May 12, 1898.[32] Several months of training followed at various southern encampments until early in 1899, when his company was sent to Cuba. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-4189.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-4189.txt