Mr. Dooley in the Hearts of His Countrymen. [Boston-1914]

Finley Peter Dunne was an American humorist and writer. He is best remembered as the man who created Mr. Dooley, a fictional Irish bar-owner with strong political opinions. The most famous Mr. Dooley story is probably “Mr. Dooley in the Hearts of His Countrymen”, which presents a mock eulogy for James G. Blaine, the Republican candidate for president in 1884, who lost to Grover Cleveland on a platform of high tariffs against. The fictional narrator of the column, whose actual identity is unknown, contributes observations on life in Chicago and elsewhere to the newspaper "Chicago Tribune" Mr. Dooley in the Hearts of His Countrymen was his first book, published in 1914 by George H. Doran Company.