Goat Feathers is a collection of humorous short stories written by Ellis Parker Butler. The stories revolve around the antics of a group of characters living in a small town in America. The book is divided into several sections, each containing a number of stories that are loosely connected by a common theme or set of characters. The stories are written in a light-hearted and whimsical style, with a focus on wordplay and absurd situations. Some of the stories involve practical jokes, mistaken identities, and ...
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Goat Feathers is a collection of humorous short stories written by Ellis Parker Butler. The stories revolve around the antics of a group of characters living in a small town in America. The book is divided into several sections, each containing a number of stories that are loosely connected by a common theme or set of characters. The stories are written in a light-hearted and whimsical style, with a focus on wordplay and absurd situations. Some of the stories involve practical jokes, mistaken identities, and misunderstandings, while others explore the quirks and idiosyncrasies of the town's inhabitants. Overall, Goat Feathers is a lighthearted and entertaining read that is sure to bring a smile to the face of anyone who enjoys a good laugh.1918. Butler, the author of more than 30 books and more than 2,000 stories and essays, is most famous for his short story Pigs is Pigs in which a bureaucratic stationmaster insists on levying the livestock rate for a shipment of two pet guinea pigs that soon start proliferating geometrically. This book is a critical self-assessment of Butler's own perceived failure to achieve more fame and fortune. Butler had hoped that personal insights into his own life would inspire readers to seek their own successes more aggressively. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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