Eustace M. Peixotto letter to James D. Hart : LS, 1958 Jan. 20.

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Eustace M. Peixotto letter to James D. Hart : LS, 1958 Jan. 20.

Recollections of Gelett Burgess.

2 leaves ; 28 cm.

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Hart, James D., 1955-

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Burgess, Gelett, 1866-1951

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American author and humorist Gelett Burgess (1866-1951) was educated as an engineer and worked briefly for a railroad. He taught topographical drawing between 1891 and 1894 at the University of California, Berkeley until he lost his position after deliberately toppling a campus statue he found to be an eyesore. Burgess founded the Lark, a humour magazine based in San Francisco, published from 1895 to 1897. Burgess created nonsense rhymes and cartoons such as "The Purple Cow: Reflections on a Myt...

Peixotto, Eustace M.

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