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George Derby House, 4017 Harney St San Diego, San Diego County, CA
This house was the home of Lt. George Horatio Derby, 1835-55, when, writing (during his leisure time) for the San Diego Herald under the pen names of John P. Squibb and John Pheonix, he introduced a form of Western humor which caused him to be recognized as the "father of the mid-19th century school of far Western humor and America`s first wit," which greatly influenced writers such as Mark Twain and Lewis Grayland Clark...
George Derby House, 4017 Harney St San Diego, San Diego County, CA
This house was the home of Lt. George Horatio Derby, 1835-55, when, writing (during his leisure time) for the San Diego Herald under the pen names of John P. Squibb and John Pheonix, he introduced a form of Western humor which caused him to be recognized as the "father of the mid-19th century school of far Western humor and America`s first wit," which greatly influenced writers such as Mark Twain and Lewis Grayland Clark...
Posted Date
Sep 27, 2021
Source Name
Library of Congress
