Shorty McCabe on the Job

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ford, Sewell, 1868-1946

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Shorty McCabe on the Job" by Sewell Ford is a novel written in the early 20th century. The book follows the character Professor Shorty McCabe as he navigates a series of humorous yet engaging adventures tied to his role as an executor of a will filled with unconventional tasks. With a focus on kindness and reparations, the story explores the dynamics of human relationships and the complexities of past grievances through McCabe's interactions with other characters. The opening of the novel introduces us to Shorty McCabe, who is busy training in a boxing gym when he is interrupted by a visitor, J. Bayard Steele. Steele seeks McCabe's advice regarding a meeting with a lawyer concerning the estate of the late Pyramid Gordon. The two have an exchange that reveals Steele's dubious character and sets the stage for their joint mission: to carry out acts of kindness financed by Gordon's will, which ironically connects them to the people harmed during Gordon's life. This sets up a plot that intertwines themes of justice, redemption, and comedy, while providing a glimpse into both McCabe's unwavering demeanor and the eccentricity of Steele. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

Wishing a new one on Shorty

A few squirms by Bayard

Peeking in on Pedders

Two singles to Goober

The case of a female party

How Millie shook the jinx

Reverse English on Sonny Boy

Gumming Gopher to the map

What Lindy had up her sleeve

A case of nobody home

Under the wire with Edwin

A fifty-fifty split with Hunk

A follow through by Eggy

Catching up with Gerald

Shorty hears from Pemaquid

Scratch one on Bulgaroo

Bayard ducks his past

Trailing Dudley through a trance

A little while with Alvin.

Credits:

E-text prepared by Roger Frank and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 92.3 (5th grade). Very easy to read.

Release date is 2007-04-07