Writer, Playwright, Humorist, Mark Twain, William Howard Taft, Progressive Party (United States, 1912), Miami University
Crypt Publishing
(18.12.2010
)
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ISBN-13:
978-613-4-91222-8
ISBN-10:
6134912220
EAN:
9786134912228
Lingua del libro:
Inglese
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. George Ade (February 9, 1866 – May 16, 1944) was an American writer, newspaper columnist, and playwright. Ade was born in Kentland, Indiana, one of seven children raised by John and Adaline (Bush) Ade. While attending Purdue University, he became a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. He also met and started a lifelong friendship with fellow cartoonist and Sigma Chi brother John T. McCutcheon and worked as a reporter for the Lafayette Call. He graduated in 1887. In 1890 Ade joined the Chicago Morning News, which later became the Chicago Record, where McCutcheon was working. He wrote the column, Stories of the Streets and of the Town. In the column, which McCutcheon illustrated, George Ade illustrated Chicago-life.