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Harry Allen Wolfgang Smith[ 1] (December 19, 1907 — February 24, 1976) [ 2] was an American journalist, humorist, and writer whose books were popular in the 1940s and 1950s. Family and early career. Smith was born in McLeansboro, Illinois, where he lived until the age of six.
Feb 25, 1976 · H. Allen Smith, the former New York newspaperman who parlayed a dour view of the world into a best‐selling career as one of the country's most popular and prolific humorists, died yesterday in a...
But no more. H. Allen Smith—the man who took the first legal drink after prohibition, the prankster who kidnapped Albert Einstein from a banquet in his honor, the saucy gremlin of Broadway who...
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H. Allen Smith has 67 books on Goodreads with 1388 ratings. H. Allen Smith’s most popular book is Rhubarb.
Harry Allen Wolfgang Smith was an American journalist and humorist whose books were popular in the 1940s and 1950s, selling millions of copies. Smith was born in McLeansboro, Illinois, where he lived until the age of six.
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- February 24, 1976
- December 19, 1907
H. Allen Smith was born on 19 December 1907 in McLeansboro, Illinois, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Playhouse 90 (1956), Rhubarb (1951) and Low Man on a Totem Pole (1964). He died on 24 February 1976 in San Francisco, California, USA.
H. Allen Smith. 4.28. 81 ratings12 reviews. Smith, one of the preeminent journalistic humorists of the early mid-20th century, weaves wry vignettes of events and people of his time that are both observational and autobiographical.
