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Ellis Parker Butler

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American writer (1869-1937)

United StatesWritersLived 1869 to 1937 · aged 67
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Ellis Parker Butler was an American author. He was the author of more than 30 books and more than 2,000 stories and essays and is most famous for his short story "Pigs Is Pigs", in which a bureaucratic stationmaster insists on levying the livestock rate for a shipment of two pet guinea pigs, which soon start...

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Director King Vidor and Butler discussing The Jack-Knife Man, which was being filmed in 1920Director King Vidor and Butler discussing The Jack-Knife Man, which was being filmed in 1920

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Ellis Parker Butler was an American author. He was the author of more than 30 books and more than 2,000 stories and essays and is most famous for his short story "Pigs Is Pigs", in which a bureaucratic stationmaster insists on levying the livestock rate for a shipment of two pet guinea pigs, which soon start proliferating exponentially. His most famous character was Philo Gubb.

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United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
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Lived 1869 to 1937 · aged 67
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7 languages

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