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Uncle Josh's Punkin Centre Stories
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A collection of humorous rural monologues by vaudeville performer Cal Stewart, featuring his character Uncle Josh and the fictional country community of Punkin Centre. It suits readers interested in early American folk humor, dialect storytelling, and the vaudeville tradition.
Cal Stewart
Cal Stewart was an American comedian and humorist who pioneered in vaudeville and early sound recordings. He is best remembered for his comic monologues in which he played "Uncle Josh Weathersby", a resident of a mythical New England farming town called "Pumpkin Center" or "Punkin Center".
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