| Author: | George Ade | ISBN: | 1230002655604 |
| Publisher: | CLASSIC COLLECTION 600 | Publication: | October 10, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | George Ade |
| ISBN: | 1230002655604 |
| Publisher: | CLASSIC COLLECTION 600 |
| Publication: | October 10, 2018 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by CLASSIC COLLECTION 600.***
Synopsis:
While a columnist for The Chicago Record humorist George Ade penned numerous “fables” which were subsequently collected into books. Fables in Slang is the first of these collections. It contains 26 satirical stories that lampoon phrenologists, idealists, snobs, fanatics and other ignorant fools of the day, most of which still wander through our modern lives. Jean Shepherd considered Ade a predecessor who made writers like James Thurber, Mike Royko, and himself possible. Fables in Slang was first published in 1899 by Herbert S. Stone and Company.
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*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by CLASSIC COLLECTION 600.***
Synopsis:
While a columnist for The Chicago Record humorist George Ade penned numerous “fables” which were subsequently collected into books. Fables in Slang is the first of these collections. It contains 26 satirical stories that lampoon phrenologists, idealists, snobs, fanatics and other ignorant fools of the day, most of which still wander through our modern lives. Jean Shepherd considered Ade a predecessor who made writers like James Thurber, Mike Royko, and himself possible. Fables in Slang was first published in 1899 by Herbert S. Stone and Company.
FIND AND ENJOY!
