Henry Augustus Shute (1856–1943) was an American lawyer, judge and writer, who was best known for his "Plupy" stories in ''

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'' and a series of books.

Biography

Born in

Exeter, New Hampshire Exeter is a New England town, town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. Its population was 16,049 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, up from 14,306 at the 2010 census. Exeter was the county seat until 1997, when county ...

, Shute was a graduate of

Phillips Exeter Academy Phillips Exeter Academy (often called Exeter or PEA) is an Independent school, independent, co-educational, college-preparatory school in Exeter, New Hampshire. Established in 1781, it is America's sixth-oldest boarding school and educates an es ...

(1875) and

Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

(1879). In the 1890s, the ''Exeter News-Letter'' began publishing a weekly column of Shute's recollections of his boyhood in Exeter. These were later self-published by Shute under the titles ''Several Hard Characters'' (1898) and ''Neighborhood Sketches'' (1901). In 1902, his third book, ''The Real Diary of a Real Boy'', provided Shute with national recognition. He went on to write a total of 20 books, including ''Brite and Fair'' (1920). His stories were published extensively in ''The Saturday Evening Post'' (1925–1928), often illustrated by

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. Additional books include ''Sequil to the Real Diary'' (1904), ''Real Boys'' (1905), ''Letters to Beany'' (1905), ''A Few Neighbors'' (1906), ''A Profane and Somewhat Unreliable History of Exeter'' (1907), ''The Country Band'' (1909), ''A Country Lawyer'' (1909), ''Farming It'' (1909), ''Plupy the Real Boy'' (1911), ''The Misadventures of Three Good Boys'' (1914), ''The Youth Plupy or the Lad with the Downy Chin'' (1917), ''The Real Diary of the Worst Farmer'' (1920), ''Plupy and Old J Albert'' (1924), ''Plupy, Beany and Pewt, Contractors'' (1926), ''Chadwick & Shute, Gob Printers'' (1927), and ''Plupy, The Wirst Yet'' (1929).

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