Dakota Datebook: Maxwell Anderson

Feb. 28, 2019 — Today marks the anniversary of the death of Maxwell Anderson in 1959. He was one of the most important American playwrights of the 20th century.

Born in 1888, Anderson spent his first three years on a farm near Atlantic, Pa. His father worked as a railroad fireman while studying at night to become a Baptist minister. The family moved to Jamestown in 1907, where Anderson graduated f...