George Ade
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[edit] General Information
Genre: Fiction
Born: February 9, 1866 in Kentland, Indiana
Died: May 16, 1944 in Brook, Indiana
Image Credit: Book of the Wit & Humor of America, v. 7 (of 10), 1907 - Project Gutenberg Text
[edit] Celebrated on the Illinois State Library Gwendolyn Brooks Building
"Life is but a basket of potatoes. When the hard jolts come, the big will rise and the small will fall. The true, honest and brave will go to the top. The small-minded and ignorant must go to the bottom. If you would be a large potato, get an education, be honest, observing and careful and you will be jolted to the top." - George Ade, A Basket of Potatoes
[edit] Illinois Connection
- George Ade lived and wrote in Chicago from 1890 to about 1902.
[edit] Biographical and Professional Information
George Ade wrote a popular newspaper column, "Stories of the Streets and of the Town," for the Chicago Record between 1890 and 1900. These columns were the basis of Artie (1896), Pink Marsh (1897) and Doc Horne (1899). Ade's greatest success, however, was Fables in Slang (1899), a collection of short sketches that satirized turn-of-the-century manners in breezy vernacular language. Eleven other collections of fables followed. Ade also was a successful writer of musical comedies, including The College Widow (1904).
[edit] Published Works
- Artie: A Story of the Streets and Town, H. S. Stone & Co., 1896
- Circus Day, Werner, 1896
- Pink Marsh: A Story of the Streets and Town, Grosset & Dunlap, 1897
- Doc’ Horne: A Story of the Streets and Town, H. S. Stone & Co. 1899
- Fables in Slang, Duffield & Co., 1899
- More Fables, H. S. Stone & Co., 1900
- Forty Modern Fables, Harper & Bros., 1901
- The Girl Proposition, Harper & Bros., 1902
- Strenuous Lad's Library", Bandar Log Press, 1903
- In Babel; Stories of Chicago, McClure, Phillips & Co., 1903
- People You Know, R. H. Russell, 1903
- Breaking Into Society, Harper & Bros., 1904
- True Bills, Harper & Bros., 1904
- In Pastures New, McClure, Phillips & Co., 1906
- The Slim Princess, Gay & Hancock, 1908
- I Knew Him When: A Hoosier Fable Dealing With the Happy Days of Away Back Yonder, Indiana Society of Chicago, 1910
- Hoosier Hand Book and True Guide for the Returning Exile, Indiana Society of Chicago, 1911
- Knocking the Neighbors,Doubleday, Page & Co., 1912
- Ade`s Fables, Doubleday, Page & Co., 1914
- Hand Made Fables, Doubleday, 1920
- Single Blessedness, and Other Observations, Doubleday, Page & Co., 1922
- The Old-time Saloon, Not Wet--Not Dry, Just History, R. Long & R. R. Smith, 1931
- Thirty Fables in Slang, Arrow Editions, 1933
- One Afternoon With Mark Twain, The Mark Twain Society of Chicago, 1939
- Notes & Reminiscences, Holiday Press, 1940
[edit] Titles for Purchase and at Your Library
 | Artie A Story of the Streets and TownISBN: 0548028303 Release Date: 2007-07-25 |
 | Circus DayISBN: B000GUXS2Q Release Date: 1903-01-01 |
 | Pink Marsh: A Story Of The Streets And TownISBN: 0548393524 Release Date: 2007-08-29 |
 | Doc Horne: A Story Of The Streets And TownISBN: 0548475962 Release Date: 2007-09-12 |
 | More FablesISBN: 0548466122 Release Date: 2007-09-12 |
 | Forty Modern Fables (Forgotten Books)ISBN: 1605068101 Release Date: 2008-02-06 |
The Girl Proposition: A Bunch of He and She FablesISBN: B000XPWPFK Release Date: 1904 |
 | In Babel - Stories Of ChicagoISBN: 1408614340 Release Date: 2008-01-31 |
 | People You KnowISBN: 1435345134 Release Date: 2007-09-11 |
 | Breaking Into SocietyISBN: 1406728764 Release Date: 2007-10-09 |
 | True Bills (1904)ISBN: 054862416X Release Date: 2007-10-17 |
 | In Pastures NewISBN: 1408639351 Release Date: 2008-01-31 |
 | The Slim PrincessISBN: 0548007411 Release Date: 2007-07-25 |
 | I Knew Him When: A Hoosier Fable Dealing With The Happy Days Of Away Back Yonder (1910)ISBN: 0548677336 Release Date: 2007-10-22 |
Hoosier hand book and true guide for the returning exileISBN: B00072C6UI Release Date: 1979 |
KNOCKING THE NEIGHBORSISBN: B000K7S7S0 Release Date: 1912 |
 | Ade's FablesISBN: 1434632725 Release Date: 2007-06-22 |
 | Hand-Made FablesISBN: 1432698672 Release Date: 2007-06-25 |
 | Single Blessedness And Other ObservationsISBN: 0548420254 Release Date: 2007-08-29 |
The Old-Time Saloon: Not wet--not dry, just historyISBN: 1566192420 Release Date: 1993 |
| | Single Blessedness And Other ObservationsISBN: 0548420254 Release Date: 2007-08-29 |
One afternoon with Mark TwainISBN: 0848200047 Release Date: 1976 |
Notes & ReminiscencesISBN: B0000CPCB2 Release Date: 1940 |
[edit] Literary Awards
In 1990, his name was engraved on the frieze of the Illinois State Library alongside other great Illinois literary figures.
[edit] External Links
Website: Our Land, Our Literature: George Ade
Website: Wikipedia entry for George Ade
Website: George Ade: Hoosier, Author, Playwright and Humorist
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