Billings, Josh, 1818-1885
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Billings, Josh, 1818-1885
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Billings, Josh 1818-1886
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Billings, Josh
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Shaw, Henry W. 1818-1886
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Shaw, Henry W. 1818-1886
Shaw, Henry Wheeler, 1818-1885
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Shaw, Henry Wheeler, 1818-1885
Shaw, Henry Wheeler 1818-1886
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American writer; Josh Billings is a pseudonym for Henry W. Shaw.
Humorist. Born Henry Wheeler Shaw.
American humorist; pseudonym of Henry Wheeler Shaw.
Josh Billings was born Henry Wheeler Shaw in Lanesboro, Massachusetts. His father and grandfather both had successful political careers, and he was raised in a prosperous, well-educated family. He travelled through the East and Midwest for many years, working odd jobs, before settling in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1854, with his wife, where he began submitting humorous essays to local papers, using phonetic misspellings in the manner of Artemus Ward. Their popularity led to a book of aphorisms and a lecture tour, followed by more books, including the popular Josh Billings' Farmer's Allminax. His essays, aphorisms, and sketches established him as one of the best and most successful comic writers and lecturers of his day, and he was a key figure in American humor and the rise of realism in American literature.
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https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50022176
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Humorists, American
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Saint Augustine (Fla.)
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