Wilbur D. Nesbit

Wilbur Dick Nesbit (1871-1927), also known by the pen name Josh Wink, was an American poet and humorist.

[3] His father was an American Civil War veteran and worked as a court bailiff.

[2] Nesbit died on August 20, 1927 [2][4] in Iroquois Hospital after collapsing on Chicago streets.

[4] In Chicago, Nesbit worked at the Mahin (also spelled Makin[4]) Advertising Company.

[4] With Otto Harbach he co-authored the book to the 1911 Broadway musical The Girl of My Dreams.

The Wilbur D. Nesbit House in the Evanston Northeast Historic District (1913). It is a local landmark.
Page from Nesbit's Alphabet of History ; Illustrated by Ellsworth Young