After I got my post all done, Metafilter says it wants a title!

The Life and Times of Major Jack Downing of Downingville, away down east in the state of Maine, written by himself. Seba Smith is oft-cited as America's first professional humorist, with his Jack Downing stories being published in 1833,

• ⇒Storyreading
• ⇒Fly me to the moon, so I can play among the stars...
• ⇒Have a forking good time crafting!
• ⇒The Big Ol' Picture
• ⇒Hark, A Vagrant!