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 Project Gutenberg 2014-05-07 Public domain in the USA. 138 Harkins, E. F. (Edward Francis) 1872 Harkins, Edward Francis Little Pilgrimages Among the Men Who Have Written Famous Books William Dean Howells -- Bret Harte -- Mark Twain -- "Lew" Wallace -- George W. Cable -- Henry James -- Francis Richard Stockton -- Joel Chandler Harris -- S. Weir Mitchell -- Robert Grant -- F. Marion Crawford -- James Lane Allen -- Thomas Nelson Page -- Richard Harding Davis -- John Kendrick Bangs -- Hamlin Garland -- Paul Leicester Ford -- Robert Neilson Stephens -- Charles D. G. Roberts -- Winston Churchill. E-text prepared by Dave Kline, Chris Whitehead, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (https://archive.org/details/americana) "Little Pilgrimages Among the Men Who Have Written Famous Books" by E. F. Harkins is a collection of literary sketches written in the early 20th century. The work provides insight into the lives and personalities of renowned American authors, focusing on both their professional achievements and their personal stories. This collection features notable figures such as William Dean Howells, Bret Harte, and Mark Twain, among others, capturing their contributions to American literature. The opening of the book sets the stage for a series of engaging biographies, starting with a preface that outlines Harkins' approach to chronicling the lives of these influential writers. He aims to differentiate between genuine anecdotes and apocryphal tales, presenting a nuanced perspective that emphasizes the social and personal dimensions of the authors' lives. The sketches are arranged chronologically based on the authors' first publications, allowing readers to appreciate their literary journeys and the context in which they created their most famous works. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45610/45610-h/images/cover-image1.jpg Reading ease score: 67.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography PS Text Category: Biographies Category: American Literature 329203 2025-08-18T12:20:05.449121 text/html 310702 2024-10-24T07:11:45 text/html 1369678 2025-08-18T12:20:11.305099 application/epub+zip 1371296 2025-08-18T12:20:06.745098 application/epub+zip 201158 2025-08-18T12:20:06.129114 application/epub+zip 1470356 2025-08-18T12:20:14.797115 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1429035 2025-08-18T12:20:10.636104 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 261995 2022-09-20T18:56:53.975489 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 281502 2025-08-18T12:20:04.770095 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 261393 2024-10-24T07:11:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16431 2025-08-18T12:20:14.933061 application/rdf+xml 14012 2025-08-18T12:20:06.226121 image/jpeg 2316 2025-08-18T12:20:06.177115 image/jpeg 1288795 2025-08-18T12:20:05.597095 application/octet-stream application/zip