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Paine, Albert Bigelow: The Bread Line. v1. 06 Jul 2016
The Bread Line By Albert Bigelow Paine (1861–1935)
The Bread Line was first published in 1900. This book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA. Albert Bigelow Paine was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. He wrote in several genres, including fiction, humor, and verse, for children and adults. His most notable work was a three-volume biography of Mark Twain. Here is a humorous story of life in New York in the late 1890’s, and of the attempt of four young writers and artists to start a weekly paper. They strike upon a wonderful scheme that will earn millions, but the road to success is full of speed bumps and pot holes. Based on the experiences of Paine and three friends, when they founded a weekly literary magazine which failed in three weeks. EXCERPT: Spoiler:
Text was obtained from archive.org; Embedded small-caps font “Alegreya”. OCR errors were corrected; punctuation, italics and diacritics formatted; illustrations manually cleaned and enhanced. Chapter heads are cross-linked to Table of Contents. This work is assumed to be in the Life+70 public domain OR the copyright holder has given specific permission for distribution. Copyright laws differ throughout the world, and it may still be under copyright in some countries. Before downloading, please check your country's copyright laws. If the book is under copyright in your country, do not download or redistribute this work.
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