author
Bart Haley
b. 1876
Best remembered as a newspaper writer and illustrator with a sharp eye for American life, he moved easily between journalism, humor, and books. His work includes the Prohibition-era satire In the Sweet Dry and Dry, written with Christopher Morley.
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In the Sweet Dry and Dry
by Christopher Morley, Bart Haley
About the author
Born in 1876, Bart Haley is a fairly obscure figure today, but surviving library and book records show that he worked both as an illustrator and as a writer. Catalogs and reading sites connect him with books such as In the Sweet Dry and Dry and also list him as an illustrator on other titles.
One of the clearest traces of his career comes from journalism. A historical article on the Arbuckle trial identifies him as a reporter for Philadelphia's Evening Public Ledger, where his writing focused on character and atmosphere as much as straight reporting.
Because reliable biographical material on him is limited, many personal details remain hard to confirm. What does stand out is the range of his work: he appears in the record as a newspaperman, illustrator, and co-author whose byline turns up in early twentieth-century American literary and journalistic culture.