The Travels of Happy Hooligan

A single 1906 book from Frederick A. Stokes collects the earliest newspaper adventures of Happy Hooligan, the hapless, tin-can-hatted tramp created by cartoonist Frederick Burr Opper. This volume preserves the debut of one of the first truly iconic American comic strip characters, whose silent-film-era slapstick and gentle, resilient nature made him a beloved figure for decades. It stands as a cornerstone of early newspaper comics history.