Maxwell Bodenheim was born in Mississippi in 1892. His family moved to Chicago when he was 8 years old. The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi has a good collection of his books in the Mississippi Room in the University Library. They also have good collections of many other Mississippi authors.
Young Bodenheim in his salad days.
Old Bodenheim. He used to stand and curse the workers who installed stop lights in Greenwich Village.