Download or read book Letters of George Ade written by Terence Tobin and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Ade, one of the most beloved writers of his day, carried on a lively correspondence with the most colorful of the great and near-great. George M. Cohan, William Howard Taft, Theodore Roosevelt, John T. McCutcheon, James Whitcomb Riley, Finley Peter Dunne, Hamlin Garland all received letters from the Hoosier humorist. Ade’s keen observation, compact and straightforward style, and understated humor mark his correspondence, as well as his immensely popular newspaper columns, books, and plays. His friendships were so diversified that his letters forms a patchwork of popular history, literature, politics, and entertainment. Ade’s interchange of ideas about people and events shaping the twentieth century as well as his own life will provide insights for students of varied aspects of American culture. This volume presents 182 of the most interesting and informative letters from the thousands of extant pieces of his correspondence in scores of collections scattered throughout the United States. The letters are arranged chronologically, annotated with explanatory material and with sources. A forward, introduction, and Ade’s autobiography are included, interspersed with photographs, sketches, handwriting samples and other illustrations which evoke the man and his times.
Download or read book Letters of George Ade written by George Ade and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Old Time Saloon written by George Ade and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-11-04 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: New York: R. Long & R.R. Smith, 1931.
Download or read book Letters of George Ade written by George Ade and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ade s Fables by George Ade written by George Ade and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-01-13 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Ade (February 9, 1866 - May 16, 1944) was an American writer, newspaper columnist, and playwright.George Ade was born in Kentland, Indiana, one of seven children raised by John and Adaline (Bush) Ade. While attending Purdue University, he became a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. He also met and started a lifelong friendship with fellow cartoonist and Sigma Chi brother John T. McCutcheon and worked as a reporter for the Lafayette Call. He graduated in 1887.In 1890 Ade joined the Chicago Morning News, which later became the Chicago Record, where McCutcheon was working. He wrote the column, Stories of the Streets and of the Town. In the column, which McCutcheon illustrated, George Ade illustrated Chicago life. It featured characters like Artie, an office boy; Doc Horne, a gentlemanly liar; and Pink Marsh, a black shoeshine boy. Ade's well-known "fables in slang" also made their first appearance in this popular column.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. He was a practicing realist during the Age of (William Dean) Howells and a local colorist of Chicago and the Midwest. His work constitutes a vast comedy of Midwestern manners and, indeed, a comedy of late 19th-century American manners. In 1915, Sir Walter Raleigh, Oxford professor and man of letters, while on a lecture tour in America, called George Ade "the greatest living American writer."
Download or read book More Fables written by George Ade and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 1900 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Uncle Brewster had put on his Annual Collar and combed his Beard and was about to start to the Depot his Wife Aunt Mehely looked at him through her Specs and shook her Head doubtfully.
Download or read book Ross Ade written by Robert C. Kriebel and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dave Ross (1871-1943) and George Ade (1866-1944) were trustees, distinguished alumni and benefactors of Purdue University. Their friendship began in 1922 and led to their giving land and money for the 1924 construction of Ross-Ade Stadium, now a 70,000 seat athletic landmark on the West Lafayette campus. Their life stories date to 1883 Purdue and involve their separate student experiences and eventual fame. Their lives crossed paths with U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Henry Ford, Amelia Earhart, and Will Rogers among others. Gifts or ideas from Ross or Ade led to creation of the Purdue Research Foundation, Purdue Airport, Ross Hills Park, and Ross Engineering Camp. They helped Purdue Theater, the Harlequin Club and more. Ade, renowned author and playwright, did butt heads with Purdue administrators at times long ago, but remains a revered figure. Ross's ingenious mechanical inventions of gears still steer millions of motorized vehicles, boats, tractors, even golf carts the world over.
Download or read book George Ade written by Lee Coyle and published by Ardent Media. This book was released on with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fables in Slang written by George Ade and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-21 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In all the Country around there was not a Man who came up to her Plans and Specifications for a Husband. Neither was there any Man who had any time for Her. So she led a lonely Life, dreaming of the One-the Ideal. He was a big and pensive Literary Man, wearing a Prince Albert coat, a neat Derby Hat and godlike Whiskers. When He came he would enfold Her in his Arms and whisper Emerson's Essays to her.
Download or read book Forty Modern Fables written by George Ade and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Letters of Note written by Shaun Usher and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2021-10-28 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Letters of Note, the book based on the beloved website of the same name, became an instant classic on publication in 2013, selling hundreds of thousands of copies. This new edition sees the collection of the world's most entertaining, inspiring and unusual letters updated with fourteen riveting new missives and a new introduction from curator Shaun Usher. From Virginia Woolf's heart-breaking suicide letter to Queen Elizabeth II's recipe for drop scones sent to President Eisenhower; from the first recorded use of the expression 'OMG' in a letter to Winston Churchill, to Gandhi's appeal for calm to Hitler; and from Iggy Pop's beautiful letter of advice to a troubled young fan, to Leonardo da Vinci's remarkable job application letter, Letters of Note is a celebration of the power of written correspondence which captures the humour, seriousness, sadness and brilliance that make up all of our lives.
Download or read book Ade s Fables written by George Ade and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 1914-01-01 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Permanent Ade written by George Davis Ade and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1947 edition.
Download or read book You Know Me Al A Busher s Letters written by Ring Lardner and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-10-25 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ring Lardner's "You Know Me Al: A Busher's Letters" is a literary gem that takes a satirical and humorous look at the world of baseball through the eyes of the fictional baseball player Jack Keefe. Through a series of letters penned by Keefe, Lardner provides a unique and comical perspective on the antics, trials, and tribulations of professional baseball players during the early 20th century. With witty commentary and sharp humor, the book offers a hilarious and entertaining glimpse into the world of sports, making it a must-read for both baseball aficionados and lovers of clever comedy.
Download or read book The Permament Ade written by George Ade and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book In Pastures New written by George Ade and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-04-26 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a very amusing travel journal in the form of letters written back to America at the turn of the nineteenth century, by the author himself. The travels alluded to are mostly in London and Egypt; both of which are markedly different from Chicago. The author describes a traveller in a foreign place as being like a large duck used to swimming in a puddle, who suddenly finds himself in a lake.
Download or read book The Permanent Ade written by George Ade and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
