Papa's Choice - 4 Short Shorts from the pages of Collier's
PERIL PRESS presents:
PAPA’S CHOICE
4 Short Shorts from the pages of Collier’s
by George Milburn
Colliers, March 10 1934
HONEY BOY
by George Milburn
Illustrated by Ronald McLeod
A Short Short Story complete on this page
1300 Words
Collier’s, May 25 1935
FIDDLER’S CHOICE
by George Milburn
Illustrated by C.C. Beall
A Short Short Story Complete on this Page
1300 Words
Collier’s, June 15 1935
BY MOON LIGHT
By George Milburn
Illustrated by C. C. Beall
A Short Short Story complete on this page
1600 Words
Collier’s, November 13 1937
PAPA WAS FOXY
by George Milburn
Illustrated by Harry Beckhoff
A Short Short Story complete on this page
1400 Words
MILBURN, GEORGE (1906-1966)
Born on April 27, 1906, in Coweta, Indian Territory, author George Milburn earned his literary reputation writing about his home, eastern Oklahoma. Although historian Angie Debo declared that he was not loved in his home state because his settings in rural and small-town Oklahoma were "to him very unpleasant places filled with disagreeable people," Milburn's thoughts and writings turned to Oklahoma again and again. In his 1946 essay "Oklahoma," published in The Yale Review, he adopts a cutting tone that nevertheless seems fondly reminiscent of his Sooner State. In the essay he insightfully describes the contradictions of Oklahoma and its people, applying a razor sharp wit to subjects such as politics, race, prohibition, and scandals.
While in Coweta, at age seventeen he took a job as a contributor to the Tulsa Tribune. He attended the University of Tulsa after high school, but an illness in his second year ended his relationship with the school. The next year (1925) he attended Oklahoma A&M, but after a few months wanderlust prompted him to drop out and take to the road. Eventually making his way to Chicago, during this time he wrote Little Blue Books, usually joke books or slim volumes condensing, or as he explained it, "mutilating," classics for Haldeman-Julius. Titles he penned for the company included Best Jokes About Doctors, Best Rube Jokes, Book of the Best Ford Jokes, A Handbook for Amateur Magicians, The Story of a Mad Sweetheart (Adieu), and many others that fit this pattern. In 1927 he visited Commonwealth College, an avant-garde, pro-labor school in Mena, Arkansas, for a few months and then jumped a train to New Orleans. There he worked at various odd jobs, including selling racing forms at Fairgrounds Park. He also wrote material for "pulp" magazines. While living in the French Quarter, he began writing the stories that filled his book Oklahoma Town. In 1929 he came home and enrolled in the University of Oklahoma (OU). In Norman he married Vivian Custard.
While at OU he published The Hobo's Hornbook, a compilation of hobo ballads and recitations he had collected in his travels. Folklorist B. A. Botkin included three of Milburn's tales in his OU Press Folk-Say series. After John McClure reviewed them, these stories came to the attention of H. L. Mencken. Mencken bought more of Milburn's work, publishing it in the American Mercury. Milburn soon sold articles to other magazines including the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Harper's, Scribner's, and the Saturday Evening Post. In 1931 Harcourt published Oklahoma Town, a collection of short stories set in a small town. The next year Die Stadt Oklahoma, a German translation, sold in Europe. In 1932 he spent time in Sarasota Springs, New York, on invitation from the Trask Foundation. He stayed on the East Coast until he went to Europe in 1934 on a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship.
In 1933 Milburn followed the critically successful Oklahoma Town with No More Trumpets, a collection of short stories set in a variety of American locales. Again, a majority of national critics hailed the novel. Catalogue followed in 1936, his first novel, set again in a small Oklahoma town. In 1947 he wrote Flannigan's Folly, depicting an Irish farmer in eastern Oklahoma, which was translated into Italian in 1949. His last published novel, Julie, appeared in 1956 as a paperback. He based the book's plot on Chaucer's "The Miller's Tale" but set it in Oklahoma.
By 1935 Milburn resided in Missouri. For most of the 1940s he wrote scripts for radio and motion pictures, living in Hollywood, New York, or Missouri. In 1948 he returned to New York City after his wife filed for divorce. In the 1950s he worked at various jobs and published a few magazine articles, as well as the novel Julie, while developing a novel tentatively titled "Disaster Like a Dandelion." In 1958 needing the benefits and income, he went to work for the state of New York. On September 22, 1966, George Milburn died of heart disease and liver cancer in New York.
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PAPA’S CHOICE
4 Short Shorts from the pages of Collier’s
by George Milburn
Colliers, March 10 1934
HONEY BOY
by George Milburn
Illustrated by Ronald McLeod
A Short Short Story complete on this page
1300 Words
Collier’s, May 25 1935
FIDDLER’S CHOICE
by George Milburn
Illustrated by C.C. Beall
A Short Short Story Complete on this Page
1300 Words
Collier’s, June 15 1935
BY MOON LIGHT
By George Milburn
Illustrated by C. C. Beall
A Short Short Story complete on this page
1600 Words
Collier’s, November 13 1937
PAPA WAS FOXY
by George Milburn
Illustrated by Harry Beckhoff
A Short Short Story complete on this page
1400 Words
MILBURN, GEORGE (1906-1966)
Born on April 27, 1906, in Coweta, Indian Territory, author George Milburn earned his literary reputation writing about his home, eastern Oklahoma. Although historian Angie Debo declared that he was not loved in his home state because his settings in rural and small-town Oklahoma were "to him very unpleasant places filled with disagreeable people," Milburn's thoughts and writings turned to Oklahoma again and again. In his 1946 essay "Oklahoma," published in The Yale Review, he adopts a cutting tone that nevertheless seems fondly reminiscent of his Sooner State. In the essay he insightfully describes the contradictions of Oklahoma and its people, applying a razor sharp wit to subjects such as politics, race, prohibition, and scandals.
While in Coweta, at age seventeen he took a job as a contributor to the Tulsa Tribune. He attended the University of Tulsa after high school, but an illness in his second year ended his relationship with the school. The next year (1925) he attended Oklahoma A&M, but after a few months wanderlust prompted him to drop out and take to the road. Eventually making his way to Chicago, during this time he wrote Little Blue Books, usually joke books or slim volumes condensing, or as he explained it, "mutilating," classics for Haldeman-Julius. Titles he penned for the company included Best Jokes About Doctors, Best Rube Jokes, Book of the Best Ford Jokes, A Handbook for Amateur Magicians, The Story of a Mad Sweetheart (Adieu), and many others that fit this pattern. In 1927 he visited Commonwealth College, an avant-garde, pro-labor school in Mena, Arkansas, for a few months and then jumped a train to New Orleans. There he worked at various odd jobs, including selling racing forms at Fairgrounds Park. He also wrote material for "pulp" magazines. While living in the French Quarter, he began writing the stories that filled his book Oklahoma Town. In 1929 he came home and enrolled in the University of Oklahoma (OU). In Norman he married Vivian Custard.
While at OU he published The Hobo's Hornbook, a compilation of hobo ballads and recitations he had collected in his travels. Folklorist B. A. Botkin included three of Milburn's tales in his OU Press Folk-Say series. After John McClure reviewed them, these stories came to the attention of H. L. Mencken. Mencken bought more of Milburn's work, publishing it in the American Mercury. Milburn soon sold articles to other magazines including the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Harper's, Scribner's, and the Saturday Evening Post. In 1931 Harcourt published Oklahoma Town, a collection of short stories set in a small town. The next year Die Stadt Oklahoma, a German translation, sold in Europe. In 1932 he spent time in Sarasota Springs, New York, on invitation from the Trask Foundation. He stayed on the East Coast until he went to Europe in 1934 on a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship.
In 1933 Milburn followed the critically successful Oklahoma Town with No More Trumpets, a collection of short stories set in a variety of American locales. Again, a majority of national critics hailed the novel. Catalogue followed in 1936, his first novel, set again in a small Oklahoma town. In 1947 he wrote Flannigan's Folly, depicting an Irish farmer in eastern Oklahoma, which was translated into Italian in 1949. His last published novel, Julie, appeared in 1956 as a paperback. He based the book's plot on Chaucer's "The Miller's Tale" but set it in Oklahoma.
By 1935 Milburn resided in Missouri. For most of the 1940s he wrote scripts for radio and motion pictures, living in Hollywood, New York, or Missouri. In 1948 he returned to New York City after his wife filed for divorce. In the 1950s he worked at various jobs and published a few magazine articles, as well as the novel Julie, while developing a novel tentatively titled "Disaster Like a Dandelion." In 1958 needing the benefits and income, he went to work for the state of New York. On September 22, 1966, George Milburn died of heart disease and liver cancer in New York.
Papa's Choice - 4 Short Shorts from the pages of Collier's
PERIL PRESS presents:
PAPA’S CHOICE
4 Short Shorts from the pages of Collier’s
by George Milburn
Colliers, March 10 1934
HONEY BOY
by George Milburn
Illustrated by Ronald McLeod
A Short Short Story complete on this page
1300 Words
Collier’s, May 25 1935
FIDDLER’S CHOICE
by George Milburn
Illustrated by C.C. Beall
A Short Short Story Complete on this Page
1300 Words
Collier’s, June 15 1935
BY MOON LIGHT
By George Milburn
Illustrated by C. C. Beall
A Short Short Story complete on this page
1600 Words
Collier’s, November 13 1937
PAPA WAS FOXY
by George Milburn
Illustrated by Harry Beckhoff
A Short Short Story complete on this page
1400 Words
MILBURN, GEORGE (1906-1966)
Born on April 27, 1906, in Coweta, Indian Territory, author George Milburn earned his literary reputation writing about his home, eastern Oklahoma. Although historian Angie Debo declared that he was not loved in his home state because his settings in rural and small-town Oklahoma were "to him very unpleasant places filled with disagreeable people," Milburn's thoughts and writings turned to Oklahoma again and again. In his 1946 essay "Oklahoma," published in The Yale Review, he adopts a cutting tone that nevertheless seems fondly reminiscent of his Sooner State. In the essay he insightfully describes the contradictions of Oklahoma and its people, applying a razor sharp wit to subjects such as politics, race, prohibition, and scandals.
While in Coweta, at age seventeen he took a job as a contributor to the Tulsa Tribune. He attended the University of Tulsa after high school, but an illness in his second year ended his relationship with the school. The next year (1925) he attended Oklahoma A&M, but after a few months wanderlust prompted him to drop out and take to the road. Eventually making his way to Chicago, during this time he wrote Little Blue Books, usually joke books or slim volumes condensing, or as he explained it, "mutilating," classics for Haldeman-Julius. Titles he penned for the company included Best Jokes About Doctors, Best Rube Jokes, Book of the Best Ford Jokes, A Handbook for Amateur Magicians, The Story of a Mad Sweetheart (Adieu), and many others that fit this pattern. In 1927 he visited Commonwealth College, an avant-garde, pro-labor school in Mena, Arkansas, for a few months and then jumped a train to New Orleans. There he worked at various odd jobs, including selling racing forms at Fairgrounds Park. He also wrote material for "pulp" magazines. While living in the French Quarter, he began writing the stories that filled his book Oklahoma Town. In 1929 he came home and enrolled in the University of Oklahoma (OU). In Norman he married Vivian Custard.
While at OU he published The Hobo's Hornbook, a compilation of hobo ballads and recitations he had collected in his travels. Folklorist B. A. Botkin included three of Milburn's tales in his OU Press Folk-Say series. After John McClure reviewed them, these stories came to the attention of H. L. Mencken. Mencken bought more of Milburn's work, publishing it in the American Mercury. Milburn soon sold articles to other magazines including the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Harper's, Scribner's, and the Saturday Evening Post. In 1931 Harcourt published Oklahoma Town, a collection of short stories set in a small town. The next year Die Stadt Oklahoma, a German translation, sold in Europe. In 1932 he spent time in Sarasota Springs, New York, on invitation from the Trask Foundation. He stayed on the East Coast until he went to Europe in 1934 on a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship.
In 1933 Milburn followed the critically successful Oklahoma Town with No More Trumpets, a collection of short stories set in a variety of American locales. Again, a majority of national critics hailed the novel. Catalogue followed in 1936, his first novel, set again in a small Oklahoma town. In 1947 he wrote Flannigan's Folly, depicting an Irish farmer in eastern Oklahoma, which was translated into Italian in 1949. His last published novel, Julie, appeared in 1956 as a paperback. He based the book's plot on Chaucer's "The Miller's Tale" but set it in Oklahoma.
By 1935 Milburn resided in Missouri. For most of the 1940s he wrote scripts for radio and motion pictures, living in Hollywood, New York, or Missouri. In 1948 he returned to New York City after his wife filed for divorce. In the 1950s he worked at various jobs and published a few magazine articles, as well as the novel Julie, while developing a novel tentatively titled "Disaster Like a Dandelion." In 1958 needing the benefits and income, he went to work for the state of New York. On September 22, 1966, George Milburn died of heart disease and liver cancer in New York.
PAPA’S CHOICE
4 Short Shorts from the pages of Collier’s
by George Milburn
Colliers, March 10 1934
HONEY BOY
by George Milburn
Illustrated by Ronald McLeod
A Short Short Story complete on this page
1300 Words
Collier’s, May 25 1935
FIDDLER’S CHOICE
by George Milburn
Illustrated by C.C. Beall
A Short Short Story Complete on this Page
1300 Words
Collier’s, June 15 1935
BY MOON LIGHT
By George Milburn
Illustrated by C. C. Beall
A Short Short Story complete on this page
1600 Words
Collier’s, November 13 1937
PAPA WAS FOXY
by George Milburn
Illustrated by Harry Beckhoff
A Short Short Story complete on this page
1400 Words
MILBURN, GEORGE (1906-1966)
Born on April 27, 1906, in Coweta, Indian Territory, author George Milburn earned his literary reputation writing about his home, eastern Oklahoma. Although historian Angie Debo declared that he was not loved in his home state because his settings in rural and small-town Oklahoma were "to him very unpleasant places filled with disagreeable people," Milburn's thoughts and writings turned to Oklahoma again and again. In his 1946 essay "Oklahoma," published in The Yale Review, he adopts a cutting tone that nevertheless seems fondly reminiscent of his Sooner State. In the essay he insightfully describes the contradictions of Oklahoma and its people, applying a razor sharp wit to subjects such as politics, race, prohibition, and scandals.
While in Coweta, at age seventeen he took a job as a contributor to the Tulsa Tribune. He attended the University of Tulsa after high school, but an illness in his second year ended his relationship with the school. The next year (1925) he attended Oklahoma A&M, but after a few months wanderlust prompted him to drop out and take to the road. Eventually making his way to Chicago, during this time he wrote Little Blue Books, usually joke books or slim volumes condensing, or as he explained it, "mutilating," classics for Haldeman-Julius. Titles he penned for the company included Best Jokes About Doctors, Best Rube Jokes, Book of the Best Ford Jokes, A Handbook for Amateur Magicians, The Story of a Mad Sweetheart (Adieu), and many others that fit this pattern. In 1927 he visited Commonwealth College, an avant-garde, pro-labor school in Mena, Arkansas, for a few months and then jumped a train to New Orleans. There he worked at various odd jobs, including selling racing forms at Fairgrounds Park. He also wrote material for "pulp" magazines. While living in the French Quarter, he began writing the stories that filled his book Oklahoma Town. In 1929 he came home and enrolled in the University of Oklahoma (OU). In Norman he married Vivian Custard.
While at OU he published The Hobo's Hornbook, a compilation of hobo ballads and recitations he had collected in his travels. Folklorist B. A. Botkin included three of Milburn's tales in his OU Press Folk-Say series. After John McClure reviewed them, these stories came to the attention of H. L. Mencken. Mencken bought more of Milburn's work, publishing it in the American Mercury. Milburn soon sold articles to other magazines including the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Harper's, Scribner's, and the Saturday Evening Post. In 1931 Harcourt published Oklahoma Town, a collection of short stories set in a small town. The next year Die Stadt Oklahoma, a German translation, sold in Europe. In 1932 he spent time in Sarasota Springs, New York, on invitation from the Trask Foundation. He stayed on the East Coast until he went to Europe in 1934 on a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship.
In 1933 Milburn followed the critically successful Oklahoma Town with No More Trumpets, a collection of short stories set in a variety of American locales. Again, a majority of national critics hailed the novel. Catalogue followed in 1936, his first novel, set again in a small Oklahoma town. In 1947 he wrote Flannigan's Folly, depicting an Irish farmer in eastern Oklahoma, which was translated into Italian in 1949. His last published novel, Julie, appeared in 1956 as a paperback. He based the book's plot on Chaucer's "The Miller's Tale" but set it in Oklahoma.
By 1935 Milburn resided in Missouri. For most of the 1940s he wrote scripts for radio and motion pictures, living in Hollywood, New York, or Missouri. In 1948 he returned to New York City after his wife filed for divorce. In the 1950s he worked at various jobs and published a few magazine articles, as well as the novel Julie, while developing a novel tentatively titled "Disaster Like a Dandelion." In 1958 needing the benefits and income, he went to work for the state of New York. On September 22, 1966, George Milburn died of heart disease and liver cancer in New York.
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| BN ID: | 2940148762218 |
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| Publisher: | Peril Press |
| Publication date: | 09/21/2013 |
| Series: | Collier's The Short Short Story , #3403 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
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