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Ellis Parker Butler
"The Jack-Knife Man" by Ellis Parker Butler is a heartwarming and humorous tale set in a small-town Americana, brimming with quirky charm and rural wit. The story revolves around the…
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Ellis Parker Butler (1869-1937) was the author of more than 2,000 stories and essays, as well as 30 books. He remains most famous for his short story Pigs is Pigs…
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It brings in seven dollars a year to the town, said Pap, an’ that’s better than payin’ out good money for statuary. I’m agin high taxes every time. It costs…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
In this heartwarming tale of perseverance and redemption, the bumbling bank clerk Perkins learns that he is in fact the lost heir to a vast fortune. With a little help…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
This American classic is a humorous turn-of-the-century story about a train agent and the definition of a guinea pig. This hilarious tale of bureaucracy run amok at the Interurban Express…
The Revolt: A Play In One Act, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
That Pup, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions…
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Philo Gubb is a small-town paperhanger who admires Sherlock Holmes and learns a deductive technique by correspondence course. Gubb differs from many mainstream fictional detectives in that he is not…
A hilarious parody of the detective genre - Gubb emulates Sherlock Holmes and maintains an office for his two occupations: correspondence-school detective and wallpaper hanger. One of the first and…
The Water Goats and Other Troubles from Ellis Parker Butler. American author (1869-1937).
Reproduction of the original: Kilo by Ellis Parker Butler
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1907 Edition.
"The Thin Santa Claus" is a humorous short story written by Ellis Parker Butler, an American author known for his wit and comedic writing style. This story was first published…
That Pup from Ellis Parker Butler. American author (1869-1937).
[…] CHAPTER II Riverbank in June is beautiful. Climbing the hills above the Mississippi the streets are arches of elms and maples, the grass richly green, and the shrubs are[…].
PETER LANE GEORGE RAPP, the red-faced livery-man from town, stood with his hands in the pockets of his huge bear-skin coat, his round face glowing, looking down at Peter Lane…
Reproduction of the original: Perkins of Portland by Ellis Parker Butler
Reproduction of the original: Swatty by Ellis Parker Butler
Dominie Dean A Novel, is many of the old classic books which have been considered important throughout the human history. They are now extremely scarce and very expensive antique. So…
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1908 Edition.
Mike Flannery On Duty and Off by Ellis Parker Butler has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost…
The Adventures Of A Suburbanite from Ellis Parker Butler. American author (1869-1937).
Originally published in 1908, That Pup consists of two related stories: The Education of Fluff and Getting Rid of Fluff. Ellis Parker Butler (1869- 1937) was a native of Muscatine…
Illustrations by Harrison Cady, Gustavus C. Widney and Irma Deremeaux. Butler, the author of more than 30 books and more than 2,000 stories and essays, is most famous for his…
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 which a bureaucratic stationmaster…
Ellis Parker Butler (1869-1937) was an American author. He was the author of more than 30 books and more than 2,000 stories and essays and is most famous for his…
