Jonathan F. Kelly, writing as Falconbridge, filled newspapers with comic sketches of the American scene. This 1856 collection, with a memoir of the author, gathers tall tales and character pieces about tavern diddlers, political caucuses, sheriffs, sporting men, wolf slayers and the minor disasters of daily life.
Rough, lively antebellum newspaper humour for readers curious about what made Americans laugh before the Civil War. Download the free EPUB.