A Moonlight Boy

by E.W. Howe

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

346 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1886

About the author

Edgar Watson Howe was an American novelist and newspaper and magazine editor in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was perhaps best known for his magazine, E.W. Howe's Monthly. Howe was well traveled and known for his sharp wit in his editorials.

In 1877 Howe established and edited the Atchison, Kansas, newspaper Globe, which he continued for twenty-five years, retiring in 1911.

Howe's most famous novel is Story of a Country Town. A 1919 edition of his Ventures in Common Sense featured a foreword by celebrated American writer (and cynic) H.L. Mencken.

Howe's daughter was the novelist Mateel Howe Farmer.

Reviews

[Dana · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is perhaps one of the oldest novels I've ever read, and I read it simply because I came across the cover of it on Pinterest. The style of writing took a bit of getting used to, but once I did, it just flowed. I thoroughly enjoyed this read, and found myself looking up images of Bleeker Street in 1886 just to satisfy my curiosity. A concise description of this story would be from-rags-to-riches-to-rags-to-comfort, but there's so much more...

[marie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this book!