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    John Henry and the Restless Sex
    John Henry and the Restless Sex
    John Henry and the Restless Sex
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    John Henry and the Restless Sex

    By Earl Derr Biggers

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    This amusing short story was written in 1921 and takes a humorous look at how young women have changed as emancipation takes hold. John Henry is a young copywriter who likes his boss' secretary. She earns $20 more per week than he does and is so engrossed in her work she does not even stop thinking about it on a date John Henry can ill-afford.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDigiCat
    Release dateJun 3, 2022
    ISBN8596547055723
    John Henry and the Restless Sex
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    Earl Derr Biggers

    Earl Derr Biggers (1884-1933) was an American novelist and playwright. Born in Ohio, Biggers went on to graduate from Harvard University, where he was a member of The Harvard Lampoon, a humor publication for undergraduates. Following a brief career as a journalist, most significantly for Cleveland-based newspaper The Plain Dealer, Biggers turned to fiction, writing novels and plays for a popular audience. Many of his works have been adapted into film and theater productions, including the novel Seven Keys to Baldpate (1913), which was made into a Broadway stage play the same year it was published. Towards the end of his career, he produced a highly popular series of novels centered on Honolulu police detective Charlie Chan. Beginning with The House Without a Key (1925), Biggers intended his character as an alternative to Yellow Peril stereotypes prominent in the early twentieth century. His series of Charlie Chan novels inspired dozens of films in the United States and China, and has been recognized as an imperfect attempt to use popular media to depict Chinese Americans in a positive light.

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