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About Finley Peter Dunne
Finley Peter Dunne was an American humorist, journalist and writer from Chicago. In 1898 Dunne published Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War, his first collection of the nationally syndicated Mr. Dooley sketches. Written as though speaking with the thick verbiage and accent of an Irish immigrant from County Roscommon, Dunne's fictional "Mr. Dooley" expounded upon political and social issues of the day from behind the bar of his South Side Chicago Irish pub. Dunne's sly humor and political acumen won the support of President Theodore Roosevelt, a frequent target of Mr. Dooley's barbs. Dunne's sketches became so popular and such a litmus test of public opinion that his newspaper column was read each week at White House cabinet meetings.
Everything about Finley Peter Dunne →- Occupation
- screenwriter, writer, journalist
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- July 10, 1867, 1867
- Died
- April 24, 1936, 1936