Synopses & Reviews
Originally published in 1910, The Country
Boy is an Oregon classic of small town
American life by Silverton cartoonist Homer
Davenport. This charming and humorous
account was written by the 43-year-old
author at the height of his fabulous career
to recapture the memories evoked by his
beloved hometown.
Review
"Davenport's The Country Boy belongs on the shelf with Mark Twain's books." The Cleveland Leader, 1912
Review
"Homer Davenport (1867-1912), the Silverton
cartoonist, is one of Oregons most extraordinary
celebrities. Through the support of formidable
newspaperman William Randolph
Hearst, he would become the most influential
political cartoonist in the U.S.A. One might
argue that he had more impact on the American
way of life than radical journalist John Reed or
poet-lawyer C.E.S. Wood, both Oregonians and
players on the national scene. From the
Introduction by Walt Curtis
Review
Davenport has kept up all his life the early habit of studying men and
affairs and he knows everybody worth knowing all over the country....The spirit of his cartoons represents his real thought and is not the
product of hire. He is such a delightful talker that in any group of men
he becomes the center. The New York Times
Series Description
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