• Time Magazine (September 20, 1937)   "Milestones"   An obituary. From Time.com WEB.  [WEB]

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from Time Magazine
Milestones
by Ellis Parker Butler

Died. Ellis Parker Butler, 67, famed U. S. humorist; in Housatonic, Mass. Author of 32 books, Mr. Butler was best known for Pigs is Pigs, a slim volume about two guinea pigs whose tribe increases while a rural postmaster argues over their shipping fee. Pigs is Pigs was published in 1906, went into 31 editions.

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