Ruggles of Red Gap

Harry Leon Wilson's 'Ruggles of Red Gap' is an exemplary work of early 20th-century American humor, expertly weaving social satire into a narrative both amusing and telling. Wilson employs a comedic yet incisive literary style to narrate the story of an English valet brought to the American Wild West, where his traditional values are confronted with the rugged individualism of the frontier. This e...