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Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War
1899. A collection of brief, humorous pieces Dunne wrote for the Chicago Evening Post and the Chicago Journal. The gents at Mr. Dooley's neighborhood saloon, in the working-class community of Bridgeport, located on Chicago's near southwest side discuss politics, military strategy, the new woman, and other topics in an Irish-American dialect.
Paperback, 280 pages
Published
April 1st 2005
by Kessinger Publishing
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Finley Peter Dunne was a Chicago-based U.S. author, writer and humorist. He published Mr. Dooley in Peace and War, a collection of his nationally syndicated Mr. Dooley sketches, in 1898. The fictional Mr. Dooley expounded upon political and social issues of the day from his South Side Chicago Irish pub and he spoke with the thick verbiage and accent of an Irish immigrant. Dunne's sly humor and pol...more
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