INSPIRATION FOR THE CLASSIC DISNEY TV SERIES Get ready to meet the boy printer's ink "flowin' through his veins" and "big bold headlines rollin' through his brains." He's Gallegher, the Newspaper Boy, starring in the story that inspired the beloved 1970s Disney television series. Here he is in ex-journalist, Richard Harding Davis', classic tale of an eager 1880s lad with a nose for news and dreams of being a great reporter. The Gallegher you in this story is the real Gallegher, exactly as his author created him. For all that, before his tale reaches its triumphant conclusion, he'll have won your heart every bit as much as Disney's Gallegher, played by actor Roger Mobley Richard Harding Davis was a world famous author who, as a young man, like his most famous character, Gallegher, dreamed of becoming a journalist and grew up to fulfill that dream. Though Davis won fame as a leading war correspondent and novelist, it is undoubtedly Gallegher, wearing out his shoes in running down the street after another newsbeat, for whom Richard Harding Davis will be longest remembered. This ebook edition features the original illustrations from the first edition of Gallegher, and a photograph of the real Gallegher, Richard Harding Davis. (Illustrations not available in Palm). Cover: Mia Jennings .
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