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Bill Nye
1850–1896
A bestselling 19th-century humorist, he turned frontier journalism and everyday mishaps into sharp, playful satire that readers across the United States loved. His work mixed deadpan wit with a reporter’s eye for the absurd details of ordinary life.
12 Audiobooks
Comic History of the United States
by Bill Nye
Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns)
by Bill Nye, James Whitcomb Riley
Remarks
by Bill Nye
A Guest at the Ludlow, and Other Stories
by Bill Nye
Comic History of England
by Bill Nye
Bill Nye's Cordwood
by Bill Nye
Bill Nye's Red Book New Edition
by Bill Nye
Bill Nye's Chestnuts Old and New
by Bill Nye
Bill Nye's Sparks
by Bill Nye
The humor of "Bill" Nye
by Bill Nye
About the author
Born in Shirley, Maine, on August 25, 1850, Edgar Wilson Nye became famous under the pen name Bill Nye. He grew up largely in Wisconsin, studied law for a time, and eventually moved into journalism, where his comic voice found a wide audience.
Nye made his name in the American West as founder and editor of the Laramie Boomerang. From there he built a national reputation as a newspaper columnist, lecturer, and humor writer. His books included Bill Nye's Comic History of the United States and Bill Nye's History of England, and his style helped make him one of the best-known American humorists of the late 1800s.
Later in life he lived in New York and then near Asheville, North Carolina, while continuing to write and lecture. He died on February 22, 1896. Today he is remembered for a lively, sly kind of humor that captured both the pace of newspaper culture and the oddness of everyday American life.