E. W. (Edgar Watson) Howe

E. W. (Edgar Watson) Howe

E. W. (Edgar Watson) Howe (1853–1937) was an American novelist, editor, and essayist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best known for his realistic novel *The Story of a Country Town* and for his aphorisms, which earned him the nickname "the Sage of Potato Hill."