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A Pickle for the Knowing Ones. E-book. Formato EPUB Timothy Dexter - Bu Classics Books, 2026 -
Step into the deeply eccentric and entirely unfiltered mind of a self-made, unorthodox millionaire who defies every literary and social convention. Written with a bizarre, chaotic charm and absolutely no punctuation, this manifesto rants against critics, politicians, and society at large. The sheer audacity of the author's raw, unpolished thoughts provides a fascinating, almost surreal glimpse into a fiercely independent psyche. It is a wildly entertaining, confusing, and completely unapologetic celebration of individuality. Prepare to be bewildered and captivated by one of history's most famously bizarre literary anomalies.
A Pickle for the Knowing Ones. E-book. Formato EPUB Timothy Dexter - Passerino, 2022 -
Timothy Dexter (January 22, 1747 – October 23, 1806) was an American businessman noted for his writing and eccentricity. At age 50, Dexter authored the book A Pickle for the Knowing Ones,in which he complained about politicians, the clergy, and his wife. The book contains 8,847 words and 33,864 letters, but without any punctuation and with unorthodox spelling and capitalization. One section begins:Ime the first Lord in the younited States of A mercary Now of Newburyport it is the voise of the peopel and I cant Help it and so Let it goueThe first edition was self-published in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1802. Dexter initially distributed his book for free, but it became popular and was reprinted eight times. The second edition was printed in Newburyport in 1805. In the second edition, Dexter responded to complaints about the book's lack of punctuation by adding an extra page of 11 lines of punctuation marks with the instruction that printers and readers could insert them wherever needed—or, in his words, "thay may peper and solt it as they plese".
A Pickle for the Knowing Ones. E-book. Formato EPUB Timothy Dexter - Librorium Editions, 2021 -
Timothy Dexter, the author of the following curious and unique production, entitled "A Pickle for the Knowing Ones," which is here re-printed verbatim et spellatim from the original edition, was born in Malden, January 22, 1747. Having served an apprenticeship with a leather dresser, he commenced business in Newburyport shortly after he was one and twenty, and being industrious and economical, he soon found himself in good circumstances. In the year 1770 he married, and receiving a considerable amount of money with his wife, he was thus put in possession of a moderate fortune.