Books with author Wilbur D Nesbit

Lang:- eng, Pages 197. Reprinted in 2013 with the help of original edition published long back[1904]. This book is in black & white, Hardcover, sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, there may be some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. (Customisation is possible). Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions.Original Title:- The trail to Boyland, and other poems 1904 [Hardcover] Author:- Nesbit, Wilbur D. (Wilbur Dick),

Poetry Verses by Wilbur D. NesbitAfterword by Comics Historian Jeet HeerA grittier and less sentimental predecessor to Norman Rockwell, Clare Briggs exemplified the larger journey of American society from small-town innocence to urbane sophistication. The son of a farm machinery salesman, Briggs left his rural home as a young man to forge a career as an illustrator and cartoonist, earning success in such big-city papers as The Chicago Examiner, the Chicago Tribune, and the New York Tribune. Within a few years, he became one of the most popular and imitated cartoonists in America: Frank King, Milton Caniff, and the first generation of New Yorker cartoonists all emulated Briggs. Eschewing the roughneck humor of early comic strips, Briggs drew low-key strips in two modes: nostalgic reveries focused on memories of small-town boyhood and satirical strips about the squabbles inherent in married life. First published in 1913 by P. F. Volland and Company of Chicago, Oh Skin-Nay! is a collaboration between Briggs and poet Wilbur D. Nesbit and portrays a year in the life of small-town America through the eyes of the twelve-year-old boy―wood gathering, sleigh rides, games of post office, swimming holes, and sandlot ball games. This book is presented as a facsimile edition of double-page spreads containing short poems and full-page cartoons as well as an expanded afterword on Briggs by comics historian Jeet Heer.

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Acclaimed poet and humorist Wilbur D. Nesbit (1871 – 1927) was known primarily for his talent at writing humorous poems and works that have gained popularity through a number of well-known publications in Chicago and Baltimore, including the Chicago Tribune, Baltimore News-American and the Chicago Evening Post. While he was first a printer, his writings quickly became popular after his first publications appeared in the Cedarville Herald.Later, Nesbit would go on to write both under his real name and his pen name John Wink, leading a notable career that culminated with the poem Your Flag and My Flag, which attracted significant attention during the First World War.An Alphabet of History is one of those catchy, creative writings that only come around once in a few decades, and manage to put a smile on every reader’s face whenever they do. Nesbit’s original idea was to write short, humorous poems about key figure in history arranged alphabetically according to their names. From Alexander the Great to Zenobia, we are acquainted with many great names of world history, including Euripides, James Watt, William Shakespeare or Galileo Galilei.The poems are both instructional and highly entertaining. Nesbit spares no effort when it comes to blending elegant words with fun little artifices that always take the reader by surprise in showing a unique new perspective of important events and aspects associated with the historic personalities’ lives.Although history buffs might not learn a great deal from this lighthearted set of lyrical biographic presentations, the poems will definitely cause you to smile and marvel at the author’s ingenious word games.Even a century after it was first presented to the world, An Alphabet of History continues to bring us the laughter and keen curiosity that Wilbur D. Nesbit had always intended to impart through his most successful works.

Excerpt from The Gentleman Ragman: Johnny Thompson's Story of the EmiggerExcuse me. I forgot where I was. You see, Johnny, down my way no election is al lowed to progress until three o'clock in the afternoon without at least two shootings and maybe three or four stabbings to enliven the occasion.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.