Finley Peter Dunne and Mr. Dooley: The Chicago Years - Paperback

by Charles Fanning (Author)

Finley Peter Dunne, American journalist and humorist, is justly famous for his creation of Mr. Dooley, the Chicago Irish barkeep whose weekly commentary on national politics, war, and human nature kept Americans chuckling over their newspapers for nearly two decades at the beginning of this century. Largely forgotten in the files of Chicago newspapers, however, are over 300 Mr. Dooley columns written in the 1890s before national syndication made his name a household word. Charles Fanning offer

Author Biography

Charles Fanning is emeritus professor of history and English at Southern Illinois University Press.