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Lifetime: 1878 - 1937 Passed: ≈ 87 years ago

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Don Marquis

Books by Don Marquis

Danny's Own Story

Comedy Adventure Fiction

Twentieth Century Epic Comedy Fate Adoption Humour Wanderlust Orphan Misunderstanding Americana Road Trip Sagraw

Danny is the proverbial basket-on-the-doorstep baby, found by Hank and Elmira Walters, a childless couple who welcome him into their home because they need a new topic over which to bicker. Bicker they do, and fight just as often, from the day they a...

Tom-Cat

Poetry Satire Humour

Love Death Society Life Human Nature Sexuality Humor Philosophy Cat Feline Alcohol

The Tom-Cat is a collection of poems by Don Marquis that explore the thoughts and feelings of a philosophical cat named Archy. Archy, who communicates through a typewriter, offers witty and insightful observations on the human condition, love, life,...

Old Soak, and Hail And Farewell

Satire Humour Memoir

Autobiography Prohibition Philosophy Memoir Diary Old age Alcohol Barroom Saloon Drunkenness Grumbling Conniving

Set against the backdrop of Prohibition in the United States, "Hail and Farewell" is a collection of poems celebrating the joys and sorrows of alcohol consumption. The book also features "The Old Soak", a cantankerous old man who reminisces about the...