Project Gutenberg 1996-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 154 Davis, Richard Harding 1864 1916 The Reporter Who Made Himself King "The Reporter Who Made Himself King" by Richard Harding Davis is a satirical narrative written in the early 20th century. The book follows the misadventures of young Albert Gordon, a keen and ambitious reporter who, seeking a quieter life to focus on writing, unintentionally finds himself appointed as the American consul to an obscure tropical island called Opeki. Through a series of comical and exaggerated events, Gordon transitions from reporter to self-proclaimed king, showcasing the absurdities of colonialism, media sensationalism, and the quest for fame. In the story, after arriving in Opeki, Gordon discovers the island to be quite undeveloped and sparsely populated. His initial dreams of writing a novel soon turn into a wild escapade where he navigates peculiar encounters with local kings, foreign officials, and even a German warship. As he attempts to maintain peace between rival factions and impress the natives, his reporting background comes back into play as he fabricates stories that grab international attention. His actions lead to an unintended escalation, culminating in a mock war and a comical transformation into a self-styled monarch amid a backdrop of political chaos, ultimately critiquing the absurdity of power dynamics and the pressures of journalistic expectations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Short stories Journalists -- 19th century -- Fiction PS Text Category: Humour Category: Novels Category: American Literature 129234 2025-07-01T05:16:35.471703 text/html 125531 2008-01-26T09:26:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 45062 2008-01-26T09:29:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 130764 2025-07-01T05:16:41.295729 application/epub+zip 131159 2025-07-01T05:16:38.559709 application/epub+zip 103369 2025-07-01T05:16:37.366691 application/epub+zip 267724 2025-07-01T05:16:43.147695 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 260572 2025-07-01T05:16:40.440739 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 217130 2022-09-01T05:44:11.149711 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 116302 2025-07-01T05:16:35.110699 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 116212 2008-01-21T21:28:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 43917 2008-01-26T09:29:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18684 2025-07-01T05:16:43.263664 application/rdf+xml 16214 2025-07-01T05:16:37.848709 image/jpeg 3987 2025-07-01T05:16:37.605749 image/jpeg 130124 2025-07-01T05:16:35.482701 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia