02232cam a22003253u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000290012624500180015526400510017330000470022433600260027133700260029733800360032350000310035950800970039052012310048753400450171865300310176365300210179470000480181585600430186322249UtSlPG20260610133519.0mcr n260607r2007||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d a06038890 aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aFord, Sewell,d1868-194610aShorty McCabe 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2007 a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats atextbtxt2rdacontent acomputerbc2rdamedia aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier aRelease date is 2007-08-05 aProduced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net a"Shorty McCabe" by Sewell Ford is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around the primary character, Shorty McCabe, a former boxer who navigates the ups and downs of life while training others in the sport and getting caught up in various misadventures. The tone is light-hearted and narrative-driven, giving readers a sense of both camaraderie and mischief as they follow McCabe's encounters. The opening of the book introduces us to Shorty McCabe, who reminisces about his past encounters and the friends he's made along the way. It paints a vivid picture of his life post-boxing, filled with quirky characters like Leonidas Dodge, a man with dubious credentials who becomes a business partner of sorts. The dialogue-heavy narrative showcases the bustling social life of McCabe, his humorous self-reflection, and hints at a mix of comedic misfortunes, culminating in a series of amusing events involving another character, Homer Fales, who is depicted as a reluctant invalid. As the story unfolds, readers are drawn into Shorty's world of odd jobs, friendships, and the lighter side of life's struggles, setting the stage for the adventures yet to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.) nOriginal publication data not identified aNew York (N.Y.) -- Fiction aHumorous stories1 aWilson, F. Vauxq(Francis Vaux),d1874-193840uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22249