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Josh Billings

Born

in Lanesborough, Massachusetts, The United States

April 20, 1818

Died

October 14, 1885

Genre

Humor, Nonfiction, Poetry

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Josh Billings was the pen name of humorist born Henry Wheeler Shaw. He was perhaps the second most famous humor writer and lecturer in the United States in the second half of the 19th century after Mark Twain, although his reputation has not fared so well with later generations.

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Josh Billings’s books

Average rating: 3.7 · 3,583 ratings · 389 reviews · 101 distinct works

	The Complete Works of Josh Billings, Henry W. Shaw by Josh Billings, Thomas Nast (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Josh Billings, Hiz Sayings 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1972 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Josh Billings on Ice and Other Things it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bumble Bee it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh;: Or, Josh Billings on practically everything, distilled from Josh's rum-and-tansy New England wit, liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1972 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Everybody's Friend: Josh Billing's Encyclopedia & Proverbial Philosophy of Wit & Humor 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1978	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Josh Billings: His book 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1999	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Josh Billings: his works, complete by Josh Billings, Thomas Nast 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Josh Billings' Wit and Humor 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Josh Billings' Old Farmer's Allminax, 1870-1879 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars