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Perkins of Portland : Perkins the Great

By Ellis Parker Butler

Book information

Publisher
Ktoczyta.pl
Year
2018
ISBN
9788381621687
LCC
PS3503.U85
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2482738 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
60\0
Time added
2023-08-21 09:18:26
United States--Social life and customs--20th centu

Description

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 his stories, poems and articles were published in more than 225 magazines. „Perkins of Portland „ are amusing tales showing the effectiveness of advertising some rather questionable products. Perkins and the narrator partner in promotions directed at a gullible and willing public. Unlike most tales of the kind, with moralistic endings where the ’sharps’ come to grief, Perkins and Co. become wealthy and quite pleased with themselves.

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