THE SATURDAY EVENING POST- JANUARY 24, 1903

GEORGE ADE - FRANK NORRIS - THE PIT

Published by THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA, PA, 1903

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2HERE IS SEPERATION OF THE COVERS AND SOME PAGES AT THE SPINE OF THIS GREATER THAN 117 YEAR OLD LARGE PAPER MAGAZINE. THE INTERIOR OF THE MAGAZINE IS CLEAN AND OTHERWISE INTACT, THERE IS A FULL PAGE DRAWING ON THE COVER OF A TURN OF THE CENTURY ATTRACTIVE WOMAN IN PERIOD CLOTHING BY NOTED ARTIST HARRISON FISHER THAT IS DATED 1902. THIS JANUARY SPECIAL NUMBER OF THE MAGAZINE CONTAINS A STORY BY GEORGE ADE THAT IS TITLED "TALE OF A COUNTRY TOWN" WITH A SUB-TITLE "THE IDENTIFICATION OF "BRONCHO JIM." IN THE TALE, JIM TIBBETTS WAS A LOCAL FARM BOY OF THE SMALL TOWN OF MUSSLEWHITE. JIM TIBBETTS LEFT THE TOWN IN 1873 TO SEEK HIS FORTUNE OUT WEST AND RETURNED TEN YEARS LATER AS A FULL FLEDGED LOOKING COWBOY. HE REGALED THE TOWN'S PEOPLE WITH CONSTANT TALES OF HIS DARING-DO, BRAVERY AND FRIENDSHIPS WITH MORE NOTED WESTERN CHARACTERS SUCH AS BUFFALO BILL AND CAVALRY OFFICER BRIGADIER GENERAL GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER. THE TALES OF HIS INDIAN ENCOUNTERS INCLUDED HIS WARNING TO GENERAL CUSTER ABOUT HIS POTENTIAL DEADLY ADVENTURE WITH THE INDIANS. HE HELD COURT IN THE LOCAL COUNTRY STORE AT THE DROP OF A HAT. THE DOUBTERS OF THE TOWN CHALLENGED HIM TO PROVE THAT HIS TALES WERE AUTHENTIC. AS A CONSEQUENCE, "BRONCHO JIM" BRIBES AN INDIAN CALLED "CHOCTAW BILL" WHO COMES TO TOWN IN A SHOW TOUR TO AUTHENTICATE HIS TALES OF DERRNG-DO. THERE IS A NOTE BY THE EDITOR THAT FUTURE ISSUES OF THE MAGAZINE WILL CONTAIN FURTHER TALES OF "BRONCHO BILL." A SECOND FEATURE ARTICLE IS CHAPTER SIX OF FRANK NORRIS' BEST SELLING BOOK "THE PIT." "THE PIT" IS ABOUT CHICAGO'S BOARD OF TRADE TRADE AND THE EFFORT TO CONROL THE WHEAT TRADE. Seller Inventory # 003266

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Title: THE SATURDAY EVENING POST- JANUARY 24, 1903

Publisher: THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA, PA

Publication Date: 1903

Binding: PICTORIAL PAPER COVERS

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: FIRST EDITION THUS.