Soon after the death of his mother in 1895, Anderson enlisted for a five-year term with the Ohio National Guard. Anderson worked odd jobs while attending school and, feeling the need to help support his family, Anderson quit high school in 1893. His formative years were spent in Clyde, and he later lived for a number of years in Elyria. The family moved several times before settling in Clyde, Ohio, when Anderson was eight years old. With his almost staccato style of writing and by his injecting his own personal experiences and people he knew into his own novels, Anderson helped set a new standard for Midwestern literature.īorn in Camden, Ohio, on September 13, 1876, Sherwood was the third of seven children born to Emma Jane (nee Smith) and Irwin McClain Anderson. Sherwood Anderson was, essentially, a self-educated short-story writer and novelist.
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