Ellis Parker Butler
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eBook The Cheerful Smugglers mobi epub
Ellis Parker Butler was an American author in the first half of the 20th century. He was the author of more than 30 books and more than 2,000 stories and essays, and is most famous for his short story ?Pigs is Pigs?. His writing spanned more than forty years and his stories, poems and articles were...eBook, mobi, epub -
eBook Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective mobi epub
A hilarious parody of the detective genre ? Philo Gubb dreams of becoming a detective like Sherlock Holmes and quitting his job as a wallpaper-hanger. He enrolls in a correspondence course which offers lessons and various disguises. He soon gets involved in several cases and much to his surprise ?...eBook, mobi, epub -
eBook Perkins of Portland mobi epub
Ellis Parker Butler (1869-1937) was a contemporary of many big names in American fiction straddling the 19th and 20th centuries, but today he?s almost completely forgotten. Butler, the author of more than 30 books and more than 2,000 stories and essays. His writing spanned more than forty years and...eBook, mobi, epub -
eBook Dominie Dean mobi epub
Humorous novel set in Riverbank, a fictionalized Muscatine, in a Mississippi River town. Pastor David Dean and his wife take up residence in this town, Iowa in the 1850s and learn how unaccepting a small town can be of new residents, even after a stay of decades. An interesting social history of...eBook, mobi, epub -
eBook The Adventures of a Suburbanite mobi epub
A city man moves to the suburbs with humorous results ? gardening, automobiling, and golfing become new avocations. The book ?The Adventures of a Suburbanite? includes two chapters on golf: ?The Royal Game? and ?Advanced Golf.? The subjects of humor in this book are mostly the two neighbors?...eBook, mobi, epub -
eBook Mike Flannery On Duty and Off mobi epub
Ellis Parker Butler (1869-1937) was a contemporary of many big names in American fiction straddling the 19th and 20th centuries, but today he?s almost completely forgotten. The selections in ?Mike Flannery On Duty and Off? book include three humorous stories, ?Just Like a Cat,? ?The Three Hundred?...eBook, mobi, epub -
eBook In Pawn mobi epub
Excerpt from ?In Pawn?: Lem Redding had a dimple in his cheek that appeared when he smiled. For a boy with a faceful of freckles he was pretty. He had dear, bright gray eyes, and his smile, aided by the dimple, made most folks love him at sight. His hair was brown, as his dead mother?s had been; in...eBook, mobi, epub -
eBook The Jack-knife Man mobi epub
Another lighthearted tale from American author Ellis Parker Butler (December 5, 1869 ? September 13, 1937) which revolves around old Peter Lane, who lives on a decrepit houseboat on the Mississippi River and mostly whiles away his time whittling with his jack-knife and not really doing much else....eBook, mobi, epub -
eBook Swatty mobi epub
First published in 1920, ?Swatty: A Story of Real Boy? is another breathtaking tale from American author Ellis Parker Butler (December 5, 1869 ? September 13, 1937). Butler, the author of more than 30 books and more than 2,000 stories and essays, is most famous for his short story ?Pigs is Pigs? in...eBook, mobi, epub -
eBook Kilo mobi epub
Beloved humor writer Ellis Parker Butler hits it out of the ballpark with his first full-length novel, ?Kilo: Being the Love Story of Eliph? Hewlitt, Book Agent?. The plot centers around Eliph? Hewlitt, a travelling book salesman of the horse-and-buggy era who finds the love of his life in Kilo,...eBook, mobi, epub