Contributed by South Portland Public Library
Description
James Otis, the pen name of James Otis Kaler of South Portland, wrote Toby Tyler: or ten weeks with a circus, published in 1881. The edition shown was published in 1937. Everett Shinn was the illustrator.
Toby was admired for his spunk and the books were quite popular in the 1880s.
About This Item
- Title: 'Toby Tyler: or ten weeks with a circus,' 1937
- Creator: James Otis
- Creation Date: 1937
- Subject Date: circa 1880
- Location: USA
- Media: book, Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 22 cm x 15 cm x 2.5 cm
- Collection: James Otis Kaler Collection
- Object Type: Text
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Monkeys--Fiction
- Otis, James, 1848-1912
- Authors, American--Maine
- Adventure stories
- Fiction
- Children's stories
- Circus--FIction
- Toby Tyler
People
Other Keywords
- Author American
- Author American Maine
- Author, American
- Circus fiction
- Everett Shinn illustrator
- James Otis (pseud)
- James Otis Kaler
- South Portland Maine author
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South Portland Public Library482 Broadway, South Portland, ME 04106
(207) 767-7660
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