The Wandering Visionary: The Life and Legacy of Joseph Yoakum To look upon the works of Joseph Elmer Yoakum is to embark on a journey through a world that feels simultaneously intimately familiar and breathtakingly alien. Born in the late nineteenth century, Yoakum was a man whose very existence seemed to be a tapestry of movement and mystery. While biographical details regarding his early years in Missouri remain as elusive as the mo…