Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War

Finley Peter Dunne's 'Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War' stands as a seminal work in the annals of American literature, painting a satirical portrait of life through the lens of an Irish-American character, Martin Dooley. Pioneering the use of dialect in literary narrative, Dunne's collection of short essays—originally published as newspaper columns—at once captures the vernacular speech of his prota...