VENTURES IN COMMON SENSE
BY E. W. HOWE
With an Introduction by H. L. Mencken
"A man thoroughly American, . . . he yet manages to get the method of the free spirit into his study of the phenomena that lie about him, and even into his examination of the thing that he is himself. In him is the rare quality of honesty--a quality, in fact, so seldom encountered in American writing that it would be stretching the truth but little to say that it is never encountered at all."--H. L. Mencken.*
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THE ANTHOLOGY OF ANOTHER TOWN
ByE. W. Howe
NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF 1920
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page: [5][View Page [5]]CONTENTS
- Doctor Gilkerson, 11
- Jim and Dan Ayres, 21
- George Coulter, 23
- Sammy Hemingway, 32
- Davis Straight, 39
- Sam Harris, 44
- Bart Wherry, 47
- Pilson Blair, 49
- Ben Barton, 50
- Lige Banta, 54
- Mary Mason, 58
- Uncle Jimmy Haskins, 60
- Gus Sanderson, 62
- Tom Harrison, 63
- Judge Terry, 64
- The Wittwer Boys, 65
- Aunt Mahala, 68
- Marie Taylor, 70
- Bill Hall, 72
- John Davis, 74
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- Hon. Martin Holbrook, 75
- Ans Whitcomb, 76
- Mart Towne, 78
- Sarah Brownell, 79
- Tom Marsh, 80
- Jim Searles, 81
- Sandy McPherson, 83
- Joe Bush, 84
- Cleve Hunt, 86
- Michael Rafferty, 87
- Joe Wells, 88
- Tom Harper, 89
- Asberry Morton, 90
- Ben Bradford, 99
- Pete Robidoux, 100
- Bill Harmon, 103
- Doc Robinson, 106
- Jim Shields, 107
- Ben Thompson, 108
- Jerry Shackelford, 109
- Cap. Hansen, 111
- Henry Wulfburger, 113
- George Pendleton, 114
- Colonel Andy Miller, 116
- Bud Moffett, 121
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- Milt Sayer, 122
- Walt Williams, 128
- Belle Davison, 129
- Andrew Hackbarth, 130
- Joe Stevens, 133
- Gladys Hart, 136
- Mrs. Joe Buey, 139
- John Davis, 141
- Taylor Ward, 142
- Mary Ransom, 143
- Charley Grover, 144
- Thomas Lane Montgomery, 149
- Old George Bennett, 150
- Glen Barker, 152
- Harvey King, 154
- Vic Walker, 156
- George Coleman, 157
- Joe Ward, 158
- Emanuel Strong, 160
- Ed. Marsh, 161
- Mrs. Mark Thompson, 162
- W. T. Hawley, 163
- Lawyer Bailey, 164
- George Lawrence, 165
- Mrs. John Hart, 166
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- George Hart, 167
- Old Mr. Neal, 168
- Bill Alvord, 169
- Martha Wendell, 170
- Chris Halleck, 171
- Joe Allen, 172