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E. (Emanuel) Haldeman-Julius
Emanuel Haldeman-Julius was an American publisher and writer best known for creating the "Little Blue Books" series, which aimed to provide affordable and accessible literature to the masses. He published over 2,000 titles in the series, covering a wide range of topics from philosophy and science to politics and classic literature. His works and publications were often characterized by a commitment to free thought, secularism, and progressive ideals. Haldeman-Julius played a significant role in the popularization of reading among working-class Americans in the early 20th century.
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I. THE DUST IS STIRRED DUST was piled in thick, velvety folds on the weeds and grass of the open Kansas prairie; it lay, a thin veil on the scrawny black horses and the sharp-boned cow picketed near a covered wagon; it showered to the ground in little clouds as Mrs. Wade, a tall, spare woman, moved about a camp-fire, preparing supper in a sizzling skillet, huge iron kettle and blackened coffee-pot. Her...
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CHRIS FARRINGTON: ABLE SEAMAN "If you vas in der old country ships, a liddle shaver like you vood pe only der boy, und you vood wait on der able seamen. Und ven der able seaman sing out, 'Boy, der water-jug!' you vood jump quick, like a shot, und bring der water-jug. Und ven der able seaman sing out, 'Boy, my boots!' you vood get der boots. Und you vood pe politeful, und say...
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THE MIRACULOUS REVENGE I arrived in Dublin on the evening of the fifth of August, and drove to the residence of my uncle, the Cardinal Archbishop. He is like most of my family, deficient in feeling, and consequently averse to me personally. He lives in a dingy house, with a side-long view of the portico of his cathedral from the front windows, and of a monster national school from the back. My uncle...
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