Take It from Dad

Livermore, George Griswold, 1886-Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

2.5

Word count: 180K words
Chapters: 18

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Take It from Dad by George Griswold LivermoreAuthor: Livermore, George Griswold, 1886-,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Mar 28, 2015

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Take It from Dad is an English public-domain work by George Griswold Livermore, digitized and released by Project Gutenberg. As a text within the lineage of early twentieth-century American literature, it bears the narrative rhythms and language habits of its era and suits readers willing to engage closely with the original and feel its period voice. The Gutenberg edition's advantages are that it is free and easy to obtain, readable directly on an e-reader or in a browser, sparing the trouble of hunting for old paper copies. Its value lies not in systematic knowledge but in presenting an early author's words as they were to contemporary readers, allowing observation of the era's modes of expression and perspectives on life. It is better suited as English extensive-reading material, a sample of public-domain literature, or a base text for textual-edition study than as a work sought for thrilling plot or modern narrative technique. Readers approaching it for research or language study can situate it within literary history; those reading for leisure should have some patience for the unfamiliarity of early English texts.

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About the author

Livermore, George Griswold, 1886- Author · American · 1886

George Griswold Livermore (born 1886) was an American author. Public information about his life and literary background is limited: he was born in 1886, and the only work currently confirmed is Take It from Dad, of which one title is held in the collection. Because biographical material is scarce, it is difficult to describe his education, career, or writing history in detail; judging from the title and the attribution, he belongs among the early twentieth-century American popular writers whose work was aimed at general readers. For researchers, Livermore is better treated as a figure who offers a clue to the popular reading tastes of his time than as a major landmark in literary history. His work is best read in the context of early twentieth-century American publishing and popular literature, without over-reading the author's own life into it.