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John Kendrick Bangs
Book List in Order: 48 titles
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A Houseboat on the Styx
- Aug-2010
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“That is true,” said Ward. “And they do do you, my beloved William. It’s a wonder to me you are not dizzy turning over in your grave the way they do you.”Everyone who has ever died has had to cross the River Styx in the underworld. But even...
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The Inventions of the Idiot
- Oct-2011
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What happens when a brilliant but eccentric tinkerer sets his mind on improving the conditions of mankind through the power of science? John Kendrick Bangs' follow-up to The Idiot details this one-of-a-kind inventor's ideas -- some brilliant, some ba...
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A Little Book of Christmas
- Oct-2011
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Mr. Bangs has caught the spirit of the "Christmas Carols," and phrased it in his own style, so well liked in America. Not in a long time have we had Christmas stories so good as "The Conversion of Hetherington,""The Child Who Had Everything But...," ...
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3 Sherlockian Parodies
- Jun-2019
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This Sherlock Holmes Parody THRILLOGY collects 3 rare Holmes parodies (plus a bous short-short) by turn-of-the-century authors. Included are: SHYLOCK HOLMES, by Anonymous AS PLAIN AS A NOSE, by Anonymous THE MAN WORE RUBBERS, by Anonymous (short-s...
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The Enchanted Typewriter
You see, about ten years ago the people of Cimmeria got rather tired of the condition of their streets. They were badly paved. They were full of good intentions, but the citizens thought they ought to have something more lasting...Sometimes a shade h...
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Half-Hours With The Idiot
John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) has earned comparison with Mark Twain and L. Frank Baum for his humorous fantasies, including "A Houseboat on the Styx" and these wildly adventurous "Andiron Tales" -- featuring talking andirons, bellows and fire-poker...
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Olympian Nights
"While travelling through the classic realms of Greece some years ago, sincerely desirous of discovering the lurking-place of a certain war which the newspapers of my own country were describing with some vividness, I chanced upon the base of the far...
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The Pursuit of the House-Boat
The elite clubhouse, the Houseboat located on the River Styx, has been stolen by the dreaded pirate Captain Kidd when the member's wives were onboard. The ghost of Sherlock Holmes steps up to help track down the boat and recapture it. If that we...
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A Rebellious Heroine
"Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - Stuart Harley, despite his authorship of many novels, still considered himself a real...
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The Weird Tales of John Kendrick Bangs
This first publication in the Wimbourne Collections series concerns the weird, supernatural and ghostly stories of John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922). For the first time in print, twenty-seven of Bangs' supernatural and strange stories have been collect...
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Alice in Blunderland: A Parable for Our Times
“An Underground Best-Seller” “Animal Farm for 21st Century Politics” What would happen if Alice, of Wonderland fame, were dropped into a political system where the government runs every aspect of life? You would have Alice in Blunderlan...
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The Amalgamated Brotherhood of Spooks
John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) has earned comparison with Mark Twain and L. Frank Baum for his humorous fantasies, including "A Houseboat on the Styx" and these wildly adventurous "Andiron Tales" -- featuring talking andirons, bellows and fire-poker...
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Andiron Tales
Tom was nearly asleep upon that bearskin rug in front of the blazing fire, staring at the two great brazen Andirons that stood in the fireplace. They had big, round, good-natured faces, shining like gold. Their necks were slight and graceful, but ...
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The Associated Shades
The Associated Shades This volume contains all the four humorous and witty novels by John Kendrick Bangs about "The Associated Shades" a group of famous dead people who become a sort of corporation or exclusive club in a house-boat on Styx. These sto...
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The Autobiography of Methuselah
Having recently passed into what my great-grandson Shem calls my Anecdotage, it has occurred to me that perhaps some of the recollections of a more or less extended existence upon this globular[1] mass of dust and water that we are pleased to call th...
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Baron Munchausen
"Baron Munchausen" is a series of adventures narrated by the Baron himself, recounting near-impossible exploits and adventures across the globe. From charging elephants to ravenous cannibals, from sharks that walk on land to giant giraffes -- the goo...
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The Bicyclers and Three Other Farces
The Bicyclers and Three Other Farces by John Kendrick Bangs. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undi...
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Bikey the Skicycle and Other Tales of Jimmieboy
Jimmieboy's father had bought him a bicycle, and inasmuch as it was provided with a bag of tools and a nickel plated bell the small youth was very much pleased with the gift. "It's got rheumatic tires, too," he said, when describing it to one of his ...
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The Booming Of Acre Hill
Over the course of his career, John Kendrick Bangs gained prominence as one of the most beloved humor writers of his era. In this charming collection of short stories, Bangs muses on the emergence of the suburban middle class in the United States wit...
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Cobwebs from a Library Corner
A little bit of Thackeray, A little bit of Scott, A modicum of Dickens just To tangle up the plot, A paraphrase of Marryat, Another from Dumas -- You ask me for a novel, sir, And I say, there you are. The pen is greater than the sword, Of that there...
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Coffee and Repartee
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...
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The Dreamers
Humorous novel first published in 1899. "A Club, Being a More of Less Faihul Account of the Literary Exercises of the First Regular Meeting of that Organization"....
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The Genial Idiot
Collection of humorous essays, first published in 1908. According to Wikipedia: "John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 " January 21, 1922) was an American author, editor and satirist."...
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Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others
By the American author and satirist, and the creator of modern Bangsian fantasy, the school of fantasy writing that sets the plot wholly or partially in the afterlife. A fascinating, pulse-pounding, terrifying classic of ghost story lore, surely not ...
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A House-Boat on the Styx
A House-Boat on the Styx is a fantasy novel written by John Kendrick Bangs in 1895.The original full title was A House-Boat on the Styx: Being Some Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades. The novel was first published by Harper Brother...
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The Idiot at Home
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefo...
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In Camp with a Tin Soldier
"Jimmieboy" has added two years to his age since his adventures with the Tiddledywinks, and is consequently a much brighter boy than he was at that time. His adventures in the camp of the Tin Soldiers are most amusing, and the book promises to be a v...
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Jack and the Check Book
Once upon a time a great many years ago there lived a poor woman who, having invested all her savings in mining shares, was soon brought to penury and want. She had bought her modest little home and all there was in it on the instalment plan, and her...
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The Literary Remains of Thomas Bragdon
John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) was an American writer working in the field of satire. He became famous for his fantastical depictions of the afterlife, for example the hell. It led to the appearance of a new literary term - Bangsian fantasy, the...
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Mollie and the Unwiseman
had been romping in the hay all the afternoon. With her were Flaxilocks, the French doll, and young Whistlebinkie, the rubber boy, who had got his name from the fact that he had a whistle set in the top of his beaver hat. Flaxilocks and Whistlebinkie...
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Molly and the Unwiseman Abroad
Mollie was very much excited, and for an excellent reason. Her Papa had at last decided that it was about time that she and her Rubber-Doll, Whistlebinkie, saw something of this great big beautiful world, and had announced that in a few weeks they wo...
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Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica
A humorous fictionalisation of the life of Napoleon Bonaparte written by American author, editor and satirist John Kendrick Bangs. Bangs was famous as the originator of so-called 'Bangsian fantasy', which follows famous historical figures' interactio...
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Mr. Munchausen
“That’s what I thought; and when you can’t work ruin stares you in the face, eh? Now I have a manuscript -- ”“Oh Lord!” I cried. “Don’t. There are millions in the same fix. Even my cook writes.”______________________________One perf...
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Mrs. Raffles, Being the Adventurs of an Amateur Crackswoman
John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) who also wrote under the pseudonym Anne Warrington Witherup, was an American author and satirist, and the creator of modern Bangsian fantasy, the school of fantasy writing that sets the plot wholly or partially in the ...
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Over the Plum Pudding
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefo...
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Paste Jewels
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 ...
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Peeps at People
John Kendrick Bangs wrote comic, occasionally savage, spoof fantasy. Peeps at People Being Certain Papers from the Writings of Anne Warrington is a non-fiction book. Contents: Hansen, Mr. Hall Caine, Emperor William, Mr. Alfred Austin, Andrew Lang, Z...
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A Proposal Under Difficulties
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefo...
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R. Holmes & Co.
Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes. E. W. Hornung (Doyle's brother-in-law) created A. J. Raffles, gentleman thief. John Kendrick Bangs created Raffles Holmes, son of Sherlock and grandson of. Raffles Holmes is an accomplished cat burglar, a t...
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Rollo in Emblemland: A Tale Inspired by Lewis Carroll's Wonderland
John Kendrick Bangs (1862 1922) was born in Yonkers, New York, and is known for his work as an author, editor, and satirist. He worked for "Life," a number of "Harper s" periodicals, and "Puck," perhaps the foremost American humour magazine of its da...
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The Singular Problem of the Stygian House-Boat
John Kendrick Bangs wrote two novels about a house-boat wherein gather all of the literati of the centuries. Both A House-Boat on the Styx (1895) and Pursuit of the House-Boat (1897) are in this volume....
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A Spirit in Exile
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....
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Toppleton's Client; Or, a Spirit in Exile
Bajgrister cft London and New York, was, considered by.his. intimates a most fortunate young ;in,a:ri. .; -K e1 was accounted the happy possessor of an income of something over fifty thousand dollars a year, derived from investments which time had sh...
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The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall
The trouble with Harrowby Hall was that it was haunted, and, what was worse, the ghost did not content itself with merely appearing at the bedside of the afflicted person who saw it, but persisted in remaining there for one mortal hour before it woul...
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Water Ghost and Others
John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 " January 21, 1922) was an American author, humorist, editor and satirist.He was born in Yonkers, New York. His father Francis Nehemiah Bangs was a lawyer in New York City, as was his brother, Francis S. Bangs.He w...
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The Whole Family
John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 - January 21, 1922) was an American author, humorist, editor and satirist.He was born in Yonkers, New York. His father Francis Nehemiah Bangs was a lawyer in New York City, as was his brother, Francis S. Bangs.He wen...
