This is a Brand New book in excellent condition. - Format: Paperback
- Author: Petroleum V. Nasby
- ISBN10: 1409940322
- ISBN13: 9781409940326
David Ross Locke 1833-1888 , who also wrote under the pseudonym Petroleum V. Nasby, was an American journalist and early political commentator during the American Civil War. He worked on several newspapers including the Democrat, the Pittsburgh Chronicle, the Toledo Blade, the Plymouth Herald and the Bucyrus Journal. Locke was in Bucyrus, when the Civil War broke out. He is most famous for the 'Nasby Letters. ' Written in the semi-literate spelling used by other humourists of the time, they were intended to rally support for the Union cause. Published in Lockes own newspaper the Weekly Blade from 1861 until 1887 they were loved by many including Abraham Lincoln. Several collections were published including The Nasby Papers 1864 . Other works include: Divers Views, Opinions, and Prophecies of Yoors Trooly 1866 , Swingin Round the Cirkle 1867 , The Struggles - Social, Financial and Political, of Petroleum V. Nasby 1872 , Eastern Fruit on Western Dishes: The Morals of Abou Ben Adhem 1875 , Ekkoes from Kentucky 1875 , Inflation at the Cross Roads 1875 , Nasby on Inflation 1875 , A Paper City 1878 and Nasby in Exile 1882 .
