| Author |
Benchley, Robert, 1889-1945 |
| Illustrator |
Held, John, Jr., 1889-1958 |
| Illustrator |
Williams, Gluyas, 1888-1982 |
| LoC No. |
27011199
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| Title |
The early worm
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| Original Publication |
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1927.
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| Contents |
A talk to young men -- The seed of revolt -- Paul Revere's ride -- Fascinating crimes [1] -- Upsets -- An interview with Mussolini -- The "Life" Polar Expedition [1] -- The saving-"Old-Ironsides" habit -- A good old-fashioned Christmas -- Life in the Ritz tenement -- Old program from the Benchley Collection -- What college did to me -- An interview with Theodore Dreiser -- Fascinating crimes [2] -- Louis dot dope -- The rise and fall of the Christmas card -- The henna decade -- A plan to stabilize the franc -- Sex is out -- Uncle Edith's ghost story -- Fascinating crimes [3] -- The end of the season -- Exam time -- Throwing back the European offensive -- An interview with Vice-President Dawes -- The "Life" Polar Expedition [2] -- A ghost story -- Discovering Weber and Fields -- Water football -- More songs for Meller -- Fascinating crimes [4] -- The "Life" Polar Expedition [3] -- An interview with the Countess Karolyi -- The boys' camp business -- At last a substitute for snow -- The new wing -- Uncle Calvin's no-waste games -- The world of Grandpa Benchley -- The "Life" Polar Expedition [4] -- How to start a supper club -- The new villainy -- Time-off from the show -- The "Life" Polar Expedition [5] -- Spying on the vehicular tunnel -- Compiling an American tragedy -- Storm warnings for New York -- The "Life" Polar Expedition [6].
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| Credits |
Carla Foust, Tim Miller and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.)
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| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
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| Subject |
American wit and humor
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
78352 |
| Release Date |
Apr 3, 2026 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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