Perkins of Portland: Perkins The Great
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About This Book
Humorist Butler's first short-story collection includes eight comic tales about the self-described king of promotions. Perkins, a sharper who is actually from Chicago, prides himself on being able to sell anything through advertisements, whether swampland, canned cream cheese, or a novel that has yet to be written. Includes "Mr. Perkins of Portland," "The Adventure of Mr. Silas Boggs," "The Adventure of the Lame and the Halt," "The Adventure of the Fifth Street Church," "The Adventure in Automobiles," "The Adventure of the Poet," and "The Adventure of the Crimson Cord."
Chapters (21)(click to expand)
- PERKINS OF PORTLAND
- PERKINS THE GREAT
- BOSTON HERBERT B. TURNER & CO. 1906
- I. MR. PERKINS OF PORTLAND
- II. THE ADVENTURE OF MR. SILAS BOGGS
- III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE LAME AND THE HALT
- IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE FIFTH STREET CHURCH
- V. THE ADVENTURE IN AUTOMOBILES
- VI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE POET
- TO KATE
- TO KATE
- THE GIRL I LOVE
- HUMBLE MERIT
- VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE CRIMSON CORD
- I
- II.
- III.
- IV
- V
- VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRINCESS OF PILLIWINK
- THE END.
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