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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

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The New York Times bestselling classic tale about modern marriage and the basis for the popular films is now back in print!Poor Mr. Banks! His jacket is too tight, he can't get a cocktail, and he's footing the bill...He's the father of the bride. Stanley Banks is just your ordinary suburban dad. He's the kind of guy who believes that weddings are simple affairs in which two people get married. But when daddy's little girl announces her engagem...

Excerpt from Love Letters of Bill to Mable Comprising Dere Mable: Thats Me All Over, Mable, Same Tmy food always runs He smokes cigarets something awful I poured some oil out of his lamp I even got mud in my hair The water comes through on me. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgott...

Excerpt from Thats Me All Over, MableI take my pen in hand to tell you what do you think I done now? I left the infantry an gone back into the artillery. The Captin hated to let me go. He said the Artillery Colonel was a friend of his. I guess thats why he finally said all right. It wasnt that I was scared of the infantry. I guess you know that I aint scared of anything that walks on two legs except the measles. The artillerys really more dang...

This early work by Edward Streeter was originally published in 1918 and we are now republishing it as part of our WWI Centenary Series. 'Dere Mable: Love Letters of a Rookie' is a cute comic work that takes the form of letters sent to a lover by an American soldier in the First World War. It is illustrated with wonderful cartoon drawings by G. William Breck. Both the author and illustrator were serving with the American Expeditionary Force in ...

Excerpt from Beany, Gangleshanks, and the TubHaving passed for twelve years between the Scylla of whooping cough and mumps, and the Charybdis of chicken-pox and mumps, we arrive at the Golden Age. Then, momentarily, the dream world blends with the world of things as they are. Romance dwells, convenient, in dusty barns and un frequented attics. A ragman's horse becomes a worthy stable-mate of Pegasus. Each passing derelict is a potential noblem...

This early work by Edward Streeter was originally published in 1919 and we are now republishing it as part of our WWI Centenary Series. '"Same old Bill, eh Mable!"' is a cute comic work that takes the form of letters sent to a lover by an American soldier in the First World War and is a follow up to 'Dere Mable: Love Letters of a Rookie'. It is illustrated with wonderful cartoon drawings by G. William Breck. This book is part of the World War ...

Excerpt from Dere Mable: Love Letters of a RookieHonest, Mable, if Id put in the work I done last week on the Panamah Canal it would have been workin long before it was. Of course there was a lot of fellos there with me but it seemed like all they did was to stand round and hand me shovels when I wore em out.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis boo...

Excerpt from Same Old Bill, Eh Mable The rightful place for a preface is at the end of a book or, better still, the scrap basket. My only reason for setting it here is lest someone read and, misunderstanding, take offense. Not for one moment has there been any thought of making light of that splendid, almost foolhardy, bravery which has characterized the American soldier. It was he himself who made light of it, as he did of the whole war, an...

Excerpt from As You Were, BillThis is the first letter I ever rote you with civil close on. Its kind of clumsy at the start. I dont seem to be abel to get into it like I could in a uniform cause you got to think of the creases now.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...

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Edward Streeter (1891-1976) was an American novelist and journalist, best known for the novel Father of the Bride (1949) and his Dere Mable series. He began his career as a reporter for the Buffalo, New York newspaper the Buffalo Express as a war correspondent and travel writer. He grew in notoriety with his Dere Mable letters, a humourous column from an illiterate soldier writing home. After returning home from the war, he pursued writing cas...

Edward Streeter (1891-1976) was an American novelist and journalist, best known for the novel Father of the Bride (1949) and his Dere Mable series. He began his career as a reporter for the Buffalo, New York newspaper the Buffalo Express as a war correspondent and travel writer. He grew in notoriety with his Dere Mable letters, a humourous column from an illiterate soldier writing home. After returning home from the war, he pursued writing cas...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...