Facts about Josh Billings

Summary

Josh Billings (born as Henry Wheeler Shaw in Lanesborough, Massachusetts, U.S., died in Monterey, California, U.S.) was a famous Comedian from USA, who lived between April 12, 1818 and October 14, 1885.

Biography

Henry Wheeler Shaw, who later used the pseudonym of Josh Billings, was born the son of Henry Shaw, who for 25 years belonged to the Senate from Massachusetts and was a congressman from 1818 to 1821. Josh Billings was about 1832 for studies at Hamilton College in Clinton approved, completed his education there, but not from, but moved to the West, after he was expelled because he had removed the clapper from the bell of the college. He worked on the steamboats of the Ohio River and as a farmer. In 1845 he returned temporarily to his native city, where he married Zilpha Bradford. From 1858 he lived in Poughkeepsie, where he began to write. His early works included the essay on the Mule. First, he found but little attention. It was only when his Billings language style and walked out of the Essay on the Mule Essa on the Muel a bi Josh Billings was his breakthrough. The work, which was now strongly colored dialect, was in a New York newspaper and later reprinted in several other leaves. Another success was Josh Billings' Farmers Almanax, a parody of the Old Farmer's Almanac. This book was first published in 1870 in an edition of 2,000 copies and was quickly sold like hot cakes.

From 1863 Josh Billings also organized readings. Appeared in 1866 Josh Billings, his Sayings, 1875 Josh Billings on Ice, 1876 Everybody's Friend Boddy, 1877 Josh Billings's Complete Works, and Josh Billings's Spice Box came out 1881st He was a popular humorist, who was known in his time as Mark Twain. In his last 20 years he wrote regularly for the New York Weekly Journal. The article, which appeared under the name "Uncle Esek" in the magazine Century, are ascribed to him.

John Steinbeck's novel tells the Cannery that Josh Billings on a trip at the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey, died and was to be embalmed by a local doctor. A local resident has however, so Steinbeck's report, noted that the doctor had the internal organs of the famous man simply thrown into the ravine behind his house where they were picked up by a boy and a dog. At the last moment to have been prevented, that the boy went out with Billings' liver of the sea and used as bait while fishing.

Our collection contains 63 quotes who is written / told by Josh, under the main topics: Family, Forgiveness, Intelligence, Marriage, Pet.

Related authors: Mark Twain

Source / external links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Billings