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George Ade (February 9, 1866 – May 16, 1944) was an American writer, syndicated newspaper columnist, librettist, and playwright who gained national notoriety at the turn of the 20th century with his "Stories of the Streets and of the Town", a column that used street language and slang to describe daily life in Chicago, and a column of his fables...
May 12, 2024 · George Ade (born Feb. 9, 1866, Kentland, Ind., U.S.—died May 16, 1944, Brook, Ind.) was an American playwright and humorist whose Fables in Slang summarized the kind of wisdom accumulated by the country boy in the city.
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George Ade (1866-1944) was an American newspaper columnist, playwright, and short story author. To give you an idea of his writing style and witticisms: "Anybody can win unless there happens to be a second entry." and "One man's poison ivy is another man's spinach."
George Ade (February 9, 1866 – May 16, 1944) was an American writer, syndicated newspaper columnist, librettist, and playwright who gained national notoriety at the turn of the 20th century with his "Stories of the Streets and of the Town", a column that used street language and slang to describe daily life in Chicago, and a column of his fables...
Dec 25, 2010 · LibriVox recording of Fables in Slang, by George Ade. Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012). 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.
Ade's literary reputation rests upon his achievements as a great humorist of American character during an important era in American history: the first large wave of migration from the countryside to burgeoning cities like Chicago, where, in fact, Ade produced his best fiction.
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May 4, 2008 · You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Fables in Slang Author: George Ade Illustrator: Clyde J. Newman Release Date: May 4, 2008 [EBook #25322] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT ...
