Bunker Bean
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- English-language readers who enjoy early American popular fiction and humorous storytelling
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- Read the first two chapters first to get a feel for the characters, then proceed chapter by chapter; no need to look up every word.
- Mark slang or period expressions as you go and look them up together after finishing a chapter.
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About the author
Harry Leon Wilson (1867–1939) was an American writer; public information about his life and education is limited. Thirteen of his works are held here, showing considerable variety of subject matter, with humorous and satirical fiction as his hallmark. Ruggles of Red Gap follows an English manservant in an American Western household and was later adapted for stage and screen; Merton of the Movies satirizes the dream-making machinery of early Hollywood; The Boss of Little Arcady and The Spenders depict small-town life and the manners of a new American generation. He also wrote Old West tales such as The Lions of the Lord and folksy works such as Ma Pettengill. His writing is marked by a light touch in characterization and social caricature, giving him a place in early twentieth-century American popular literature.
