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Finley Peter Dunne: “Is th’ race dyin’ out?”

Finley Peter Dunne was born on the West Side of Chicago in 1867 and graduated at the bottom of his high school class. That’s a funny and appropriate fact given the shape of his career.  At 17 he began working … Continue reading

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