author
Finley Peter Dunne
1867–1936
Best known for creating the sharp-tongued saloon philosopher Mr. Dooley, this Chicago journalist turned newspaper satire into a lively running commentary on American politics and everyday life. His writing mixed humor, streetwise speech, and a surprisingly warm sense of common sense.
5 Audiobooks
Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen
by Finley Peter Dunne
Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War
by Finley Peter Dunne
Observations By Mr. Dooley
by Finley Peter Dunne
Mr. Dooley Says
by Finley Peter Dunne
Mr. Dooley's Philosophy
by Finley Peter Dunne
About the author
Born in Chicago in 1867 to Irish immigrant parents, Finley Peter Dunne left school young and went into newspaper work, building a career as a reporter, editor, and columnist. He wrote for several Chicago papers before becoming widely known in the 1890s.
His most famous creation was Mr. Dooley, an Irish American bartender whose comic monologues took on elections, war, reformers, and the habits of public life. Written in a vivid Irish dialect, the pieces made Dunne one of the best-known humorists of his day, and they were collected in books including Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War.
Dunne's work was funny, but it was never just light entertainment. Through Mr. Dooley, he gave readers a skeptical, humane way of looking at politics and current events, and that voice helped shape American journalistic satire in the years around the turn of the twentieth century. He died in 1936.