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Western humor…grew out of a distinct condition—the battle with the frontier.… It is the freshest, wildest humor in the world, but there is tragedy behind it.

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Albert Bigelow Paine

Albert Bigelow Paine

Born: July 10, 1861
Died: April 9, 1937 (aged 75)
Bio: Albert Bigelow Paine was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. Paine was a member of the Pulitzer Prize Committee and wrote in several genres, including fiction, humor, and verse.
Known for:
  1. Mark Twain, a Biography (1910)
  2. Th. Nast: His Period and His Pictures (1904)
  3. The boys' life of Mark Twain (1915)
  4. The Tent Dwellers (1908)
  5. The Hollow Tree and Deep Woods Book (1898)

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