Ellis Parker Butler, May Wilson Preston

Broschiertes Buch

The Incubator Baby

Beschreibung

Ellis Parker Butler's "The Incubator Baby" offers a humorous glimpse into the world of medical marvels. This short story, categorized as humorous fiction, explores themes related to incubators and neonatal care, delivering lighthearted social commentary through the lens of medical fiction. Butler's writing is known for its wit and charm, and this tale is no exception. It presents a unique and thought-provoking narrative centered around the then-novel technology of the incubator, and babies, offering a blend of humor and medical insights that remains relevant and engaging. A classic example of humorous fiction, "The Incubator Baby" will appeal to readers interested in historical perspectives on medicine and those who appreciate a well-crafted, gently amusing short story. This meticulously prepared print edition preserves the original text, allowing readers to experience Butler's storytelling as it was initially intended. 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 is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Autor

Ellis Parker Butler was an American author. He wrote more than 30 novels and over 2,000 stories and essays, and is well known for his short story "Pigs Is Pigs," in which a bureaucratic stationmaster insists on charging the livestock rate for a shipment of two pet guinea pigs, which quickly multiply exponentially. His best-known character was Philo Gubb. His career lasted over forty years, and his stories, poems, and articles appeared in over 225 journals. His work was published alongside those of his contemporaries, including Mark Twain, Sax Rohmer, James B. Hendryx, Berton Braley, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Don Marquis, Will Rogers, and Edgar Rice Burroughs. Butler was born in Muscatine, Iowa, on December 5, 1869. He attended Muscatine High School for a single year. He relocated to New York City and lived in Flushing, Queens. From 1906 to 1935, he contributed twenty-five stories to Woman's Home Companion. The stories in the Companion were drawn by artists such as May Wilson Preston, Frederic Dorr Steele, Herbert Paus, and Rico Le Brun. From 1931 to 1936, Ethel Hays illustrated at least seventeen of Butler's newspaper stories.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Creative Media Partners, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 34
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 2mm
• Gewicht: 64g
• ISBN-13: 9781023398657
• ISBN-10: 1023398656
• Artikelnr.: 74019537