Guest, Edgar Albert (1881-1959), an English-born American poet, wrote about friendship, family affection, the home, and similar subjects. One of his famous lines is “It takes a heap o’ living to make a house a home.” Guest was born in Birmingham, England, on Aug. 20, 1881, and came to the United States as a boy. He attended public schools in Detroit and began to work for the Detroit Free Press in 1895. His poetry was published in many collections, including A Heap o’ Living (1916) and Life’s Highway (1933). Guest died on Aug. 5, 1959.
