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Howard R. Garis (1873–1962)

Auteur de Uncle Wiggily's Story Book

266+ oeuvres 4,213 utilisateurs 19 critiques 4 Favoris

A propos de l'auteur

Howard R. Garis was born in 1873 in Binghamton, New York. A popular author and journalist, he wrote many mystery and adventure books for children, as well as newspaper and magazine stories. His very first Uncle Wiggily story was published in The Newark News in January 1910, and was an immediate afficher plus success. For the next fifty years, a new Uncle Wiggily adventure appeared almost daily, and the series was nationally syndicated. Howard Garis died in 1962 afficher moins
Crédit image: Howard R. Garis & Uncle Wiggly

Séries

Œuvres de Howard R. Garis

Uncle Wiggily's Story Book (1921) 744 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily and His Friends (1939) 170 exemplaires
Tom Swift and His Motor Cycle; or, Fun and Adventures on the Road (1910) — ghostwriter — 165 exemplaires
Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat; or, The Rivals of Lake Carlop (1910) — ghostwriter — 145 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily's Adventures (1924) 93 exemplaires
Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice; or, The Wreck of the Airship (1911) — ghostwriter — 87 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily Bedtime Stories (1998) 72 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily's Automobile (1913) 69 exemplaires
The Uncle Wiggily Book (1953) 67 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily to the Rescue (1988) 66 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily's Airship (1915) 58 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily on the Farm (1918) 56 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily's Travels (1913) 55 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily's Fortune (1942) 47 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily's Happy Days (1946) 47 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily in the Country (1916) 42 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily's Picture Book (1940) 38 exemplaires
Sammie and Susie Littletail (1910) 34 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily and the Sugar Cookie (1977) 32 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily Stories (1965) 21 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily in the Woods (1917) 16 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily and the Canoe (1939) 15 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily and the Pirates (1940) 15 exemplaires
Dick Hamilton's Airship (1914) 15 exemplaires
Dick Hamilton's Cadet Days (1910) 14 exemplaires
Buddy and Brighteyes Pigg (1913) 14 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily and the Peppermint (1939) 13 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily (2019) 13 exemplaires
Jackie and Peetie Bow Wow (1912) 13 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily and His Flying Rug (1929) 12 exemplaires
Teddy and the Mystery Dog (1936) 11 exemplaires
Charlie and Arabella Chick (1914) 11 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily and the Alligator (1953) 11 exemplaires
Curly and Floppy Twistytail (1918) 10 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily's Funny Auto (1929) 10 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily and the Red Spots (1939) 10 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily and Kitty Kat (1996) 10 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily Learns to Dance (1939) 9 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily and the Sleds (1939) 9 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily and the Snow Plow (1939) 9 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily's Auto Sled (1924) 9 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily and the Barber (1939) 9 exemplaires
Teddy and the Mystery Parrot #4 (1938) 9 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily Plays Indian Hunter (1931) — Auteur — 9 exemplaires
Dick Hamilton's Fortune (1909) 8 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily on Roller Skates (1919) 8 exemplaires
Adventures of the Prancing Piano (1927) 8 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily at the Circus (1996) 8 exemplaires
Nannie and Billie Wagtail (1915) 7 exemplaires
Dick Hamilton's Steam Yacht (1911) 7 exemplaires
Dick Hamilton's Touring Car (1913) 7 exemplaires
Joie, Tommie and Kittie Kat (1913) 7 exemplaires
Bully and Bawly No-Tail (1915) 7 exemplaires
Rocket Riders Over the Desert (1933) 7 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily and Baby Bunty (1920) 7 exemplaires
Dick Hamilton's Football Team (1912) 7 exemplaires
Rocket Riders in Stormy Seas (1933) 6 exemplaires
Teddy and the Mystery Pony (1939) 6 exemplaires
Daddy Takes Us to the Farm (1914) 6 exemplaires
Rick and Ruddy: A Boy and His Dog (1920) 6 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily goes swimming (1924) 6 exemplaires
Teddy and the Mystery Cat #3 (1937) 6 exemplaires
Two Wild Cherries At the Seashore (1924) 6 exemplaires
With Force and Arms (1902) 6 exemplaires
The White Crystals (1904) 6 exemplaires
Adventures of the Traveling Table (1926) 6 exemplaires
Three Little Trippertrots (1912) 6 exemplaires
Teddy and the Mystery Goat (1941) 6 exemplaires
Umboo the Elephant (1918) 5 exemplaires
Johnnie and Billie Bushytail (1910) 5 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily at the Seashore (1915) 5 exemplaires
Two Wild Cherries in the Woods (1924) 5 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily Goes Camping (1940) 5 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily in Wonderland (1921) 5 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily's Journey (1915) 5 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily Starts Off (1943) 4 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily and the Milkman (1943) 4 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily and the Cowbird (1943) 4 exemplaires
Daddy Takes Us Skating (1914) 4 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily Longears (1915) 4 exemplaires
Neddie and Beckie Stubtail (1914) 4 exemplaires
Tom Cardiff in the Big Top #2 (1927) 4 exemplaires
Adventures of the Sailing Sofa (1926) 4 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily's Puzzle Book (1928) 4 exemplaires
Teddy and the Mystery Monkey (1936) 4 exemplaires
Teddy and the Mystery Deer (1940) 4 exemplaires
Tom Cardiff's Circus (1927) 3 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily's Visit to the Farm (1931) 3 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily's Rheumatism (1920) 3 exemplaires
Rocket Riders in the Air (1934) 3 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily and the Red Monkey (1943) 3 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily's Ice Boat (1931) 3 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily and Mother Goose (1922) 3 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily's Picnic Party (1933) 3 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily and the paper boat. (1943) 3 exemplaires
Rocket Riders Across the Ice (1933) 3 exemplaires
Daddy Takes Us Coasting (1914) 3 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily in Magic Land (1924) 2 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily's Squirt Gun (1929) 2 exemplaires
Mystery Boys in Ghost Canyon (1930) 2 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily's June Bug Friends (1936) 2 exemplaires
Uncle Wiggily's Holidays (1936) 2 exemplaires
Tuftoo The Clown (1928) 2 exemplaires
Mostly Mary 2 exemplaires
Saving the old mill (1930) 2 exemplaires
Isle of Black Fire (1904) 1 exemplaire
Uncle Wiggily's Wash Tub Ship (1929) 1 exemplaire
Daddy Takes Us To the Woods (1914) 1 exemplaire
Uncle Wiggily's Rolling Hoop (1929) 1 exemplaire
Tam of the Fire Cave (1927) 1 exemplaire
Daddy Takes Us Fishing (1914) 1 exemplaire
Daddy Takes Us Hunting Flowers (1915) 1 exemplaire
Uncle Wiggily's Jumping Boots (1931) 1 exemplaire
Uncle Wiggily's Radio (1929) 1 exemplaire
Uncle Wiggily's Water Spout (1927) 1 exemplaire
Snarlie the Tiger (1916) 1 exemplaire
Uncle Wiggily Goes Berrying (1946) 1 exemplaire
The Argosy for August 1 exemplaire
Woo-Uff the Lion (1917) 1 exemplaire
Uncle Wiggily's Picnic (1929) 1 exemplaire
Apple Dumplings 1 exemplaire
The Barber Shop 1 exemplaire
Curlytops and Their Playmates (1922) 1 exemplaire
Uncle Wiggily's Snow Man (1924) 1 exemplaire
Mystery Boys at Round Lake (1931) 1 exemplaire

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Nom canonique
Garis, Howard R.
Nom légal
Garis, Howard Roger
Autres noms
Appleton, Victor
Chadwick, Lester
Davidson, Marion
Hope, Laura Lee
Powell, Van
Sperry, Raymond (tout afficher 7)
Young, Clarence
Date de naissance
1873-04-23
Date de décès
1962-11-06
Sexe
male
Nationalité
USA
Lieu de naissance
Binghamton, New York, USA
Lieu du décès
Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
Lieux de résidence
East Orange, New Jersey, USA
Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
Binghamton, New York, USA
Professions
reporter
author
Relations
Garis, Lilian (wife)
Garis, Roger (son)
Garis, Leslie (granddaughter)
Organisations
Neward [New Jersey] Evening News
Courte biographie
Howard R. Garis was a reporter for the Evening News in Newark, New Jersey. He, along with his wife, Lilian, also a writer and the first newspaperwoman in New Jersey, and their two grown children, wrote adventure stores under various names for juvenile literature syndicator Edward L. Stratemeyer. Fortune magazine dubbed then "The Writing Garises" in 1934. They wrote more than 500 titles, and all or part of a dozen series, including Tom Swift, The Bobbsey Twins, and Baseball Joe. E. M. Scudder asked Garis to write children's stories for the Evening News, and these became the Uncle Wiggily Longears series, which Lilian Garis continued after her husband's death in 1962. [adapted from Favorite Uncle Wiggily Animal Bedtime Stores, introduction (1998)]

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Tom Swift and His Big Dirigible, book 33 in the original series, was first published in 1930, or seven years before the famous Hindenburg disaster, but our intrepid inventor makes use of a fictionsl less explosive gas Tom invented (safer than nitrogen, but not as safe as helium, we're told), and a fictional metal called 'oralum' to build his huge dirigible. It was commissioned by Mr. Martin Jardine of the Jardine Company. Martin Jardine is not the easiest customer to work with. There's a chapter in which he brings in several impractical ideas and doesn't want to listen to Tom.

The airship in the third book in the orginal series, Tom Swift and His Airship, was named the Red Cloud. The dirigible is named the Silver Cloud.

Tom's father becomes ill early in the book. Mr. Swift, Tom's wife, Mary, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nestor, are spending some time at a lovely hotel on Mount Camon. The fact that the surrounding forest is very dry is mentioned several times.

There are misadventures in the book. Tom takes his family and in-laws to the hotel in the house on wheels from book 32. On the way, they help a couple with a traveling marionette show whose van has overturned. The Notines go on to provide entertainment at the hotel on Mt. Carmon. Not long after that rescue, the house on wheels is caught in a disaster of its own.

The Silver Cloud runs into an interesting problem during one of its test flights, but the climax of the book involves a forest fire. (This is no spoiler. The original title of the book was Tom Swift and His Big Dirigible; or Adventures Over the Forest of Fire.) Tom and his employees have their work cut out for them to save some people who are trapped in that fire.

The only downside to this book is the way some characters are portrayed. Pietro and Maria Notine, the Italian (or Italian-American) marionettists, are merely passionate about their work. The Italian (or Italian-American) hotel gardener, Cosso Tobini, is described as 'evil-faced' as well as being less than sane when it comes to guests picking the roses. (Decades ago I knew a Red Cross volunteer who was retired military and Civil Service. He had been called 'Italian' when he was young, although I think he was born in Connecticut. He used to tell me that when he was young he was Italian, but now he's considered a WASP.) The Swifts' faithful African-American employee, Eradicate, speaks in stereotypical dialect for the era. So does the giant employee Koku. There's a dwarf named James Chock who is treated as a suspicious character. If you can hold your nose for those portrayals, this is an enjoyable read.
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½
 
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JalenV | Jan 18, 2024 |
Vintage small hardcover with paste-on cover. Beautiful, detailed illustrations on each page. Binding good. Finger smudges on margins expected on this book from 1922. Great Lang Campbell artwork! Endpapers intact. 12 books listed inside front of this series.
 
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marietybur | Aug 29, 2023 |
Originally, the stories were serialized in newspapers so parents could read them to children. The stories were popular enough that they were gathered into books and preserved. Each story still ends with "If this improbable situation doesn't happen, I'll tell you the story of" with the title of the next story. Once upon a time, when I was young, my grandmother read these stories (she had them in books) to my brother and me. My mother also shared her books with me when I was old enough to read them on my own.

This collection focuses on Uncle Wiggily and his search to find his fortune. Uncle Wiggily happens to be a rabbit who had served in the Great War (back when there was only one) and now has rheumatism and gets along with a walking stick. Uncle Wiggily makes many friends as he travels and helps those who need them. And those good deeds done unselfishly often result in help when he needs it: not a bad lesson to learn.

Suggested as stories read to children or as a trip down nostalgia lane.
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Jean_Sexton | 2 autres critiques | Dec 26, 2021 |
The very first Tom Swift book, from 1910, is a bit of fun, but only a bit. It is a far cry from the science-fictional Tom Swift I read a few adventures of in the 1960s. Those books were from a later, much different second series. This book is very much grounded in 1910, and the setting (New York State) is quite interesting. Not so interesting is the book's casual racism as Tom meets up with a black man named Eradicate Sampson, who is called a "darky" numerous times and refers to himself as a "coon". Each time Tom meets him, he is sitting hopelessly while some machine or another fails to work, which Tom, of course, fixes quickly, leaving Eradicate marveling at how smart he is. Throughout the book, Tom is referred to as "the young inventor" or "our hero". Of course, this is hardly a book for adults. Kids are supposed to admire Tom for his intelligence and his industriousness, although he makes more than one mistake during the book that gets him into trouble (and prolongs the plot.) The plot itself is modern enough. A group of men, working for some unscrupulous lawyers, are trying to steal an invention from Tom's father, inventor Barton Swift. When reading a book like this, one knows it will have a happy ending, but dark clouds still loom ahead, as in the tradition of other books from the same publishing syndicate, the next adventure is introduced on the final pages. I can't say I didn't enjoy reading this, but it is definitely lacking the plotting and characterization of the best Hardy Boys books I remember from my youth.… (plus d'informations)
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datrappert | Jul 19, 2020 |

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Membres
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Popularité
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Évaluation
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Critiques
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ISBN
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