American author, Howard R. Garis, best known for a series of books that featured the character of Uncle Wiggily Longears, was born #OTD in 1873.
Besides the Uncle Wiggily series, Howard R. Garis also wrote for several other children's series, including Tom Swift under the pseudonym Victor Appleton, The Bobbsey Twins under the pseudonym Laura Lee Hope, and books in the Baseball Joe series as Lester Chadwick.
Books by Howard R. Garis at PG:
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