I remember him when : a Hoosier fable dealing with the happy days of away back yonder by George Ade. 1910 [Leather Bound]

by George Ade

George Ade's fable about the rise of fictional Hoosier William "Bill" Henry Harrison Tucker, with many references to actual Indiana celebrities (writers, artists, politicians) at the time.

This work contains 177 illustrations, including reproductions of old photographs of Indiana celebrities and original character portraits by John T. McCutcheon.

Genres: Fiction

136 pages, Leather Bound

First published January 1, 1910

About the author

George Ade (February 9, 1866 – May 16, 1944) was an American writer, newspaper columnist, and playwright.

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."

(wikipedia)