Henry Shute
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Henry Augustus Shute was a lawyer and a judge who was best known for his "Plupy" stories in The Saturday Evening Post
and a series of books.
Born in Exeter, New Hampshire
, Shute was a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy
(1875) and Harvard University
(1879). In the 1890s, the Exeter News-Letter began publishing a weekly column of Shute's recollections of his boyhood in Exeter. These were later self-published by Shute under the titles of Several Hard Characters (1898) and Neighborhood Sketches (1901).
In 1902, his third book, The Real Diary of a Real Boy, provided Shute with national recognition. He went on to write a total of 20 books, including Brite and Fair (1920). His stories were published extensively in The Saturday Evening Post (1925–1928), often illustrated by Leslie Turner
.
Additional books include Sequil to the Real Diary (1904), "Real Boys" (1905), Letters to Beany (1905), A Few Neighbors (1906), A Profane and Somewhat Unreliable History of Exeter(1907), The Country Band (1909), A Country Lawyer (1909), Plupy the Real Boy (1911), The Misadventures of Three Good Boys (1914), The Youth Plupy or the Lad with the Downy Chin (1917), The Real Diary of the Worst Farmer (1920), Plupy and Old J Albert (1924), Plupy, Beany and Pewt, Contractors (1926), Chadwick & Shute, Gob Printers (1927) and "Plupy, The Wirst Yet" (1929).
The Saturday Evening Post
The Saturday Evening Post is a bimonthly American magazine. It was published weekly under this title from 1897 until 1969, and quarterly and then bimonthly from 1971.-History:...
and a series of books.
Born in Exeter, New Hampshire
Exeter, New Hampshire
Exeter is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The town's population was 14,306 at the 2010 census. Exeter was the county seat until 1997, when county offices were moved to neighboring Brentwood...
, Shute was a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy
Phillips Exeter Academy
Phillips Exeter Academy is a private secondary school located in Exeter, New Hampshire, in the United States.Exeter is noted for its application of Harkness education, a system based on a conference format of teacher and student interaction, similar to the Socratic method of learning through asking...
(1875) and Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
(1879). In the 1890s, the Exeter News-Letter began publishing a weekly column of Shute's recollections of his boyhood in Exeter. These were later self-published by Shute under the titles of Several Hard Characters (1898) and Neighborhood Sketches (1901).
In 1902, his third book, The Real Diary of a Real Boy, provided Shute with national recognition. He went on to write a total of 20 books, including Brite and Fair (1920). His stories were published extensively in The Saturday Evening Post (1925–1928), often illustrated by Leslie Turner
Leslie Turner
Leslie Turner , known to his friends as Les Turner, was a syndicated comic strip writer-artist who produced the adventures of Captain Easy for more than three decades....
.
Additional books include Sequil to the Real Diary (1904), "Real Boys" (1905), Letters to Beany (1905), A Few Neighbors (1906), A Profane and Somewhat Unreliable History of Exeter(1907), The Country Band (1909), A Country Lawyer (1909), Plupy the Real Boy (1911), The Misadventures of Three Good Boys (1914), The Youth Plupy or the Lad with the Downy Chin (1917), The Real Diary of the Worst Farmer (1920), Plupy and Old J Albert (1924), Plupy, Beany and Pewt, Contractors (1926), Chadwick & Shute, Gob Printers (1927) and "Plupy, The Wirst Yet" (1929).