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The Picaroons

First published
1904
Pages
151

About this book

The Picaroons written by Gelett Burgess and Will Irwin shares with us a collection of exaggerated tales, thrilling escapades, and satirical elements. The book features the adventures of a band of eccentrics in San Francisco. The characters in the narrative are individuals at the fringes of society, each possessing their own distinctive idiosyncrasies and personas.

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Gelett Burgess

Gelett Burgess worked as a humorist, illustrator, editor, and writer within the literary culture of turn-of-the-century San Francisco. He became widely known for playful verse and for experimenting with language, but his fiction also used satire to examine urban types and social performance.

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Book facts

First published
1904
Reading time
About 5 hours
Pages
151
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, MOBI, Read online