Mr. Hawkins' Humorous Adventures

"Mr. Hawkins' Humorous Adventures" by Edgar Franklin is a comedic tale about an imaginative but clumsy inventor and his unlucky neighbor. The book chronicles the many comical misfortunes that arise from the inventor's strange ideas, particularly one about a horse brake, and how they disrupt the lives of those around him. In this early 1900's fiction, the story kicks off with a new neighbor deciding to build a place for the summer, but finds an eccentric inventor lives nearby. The stage is set to watch Hawkins’ latest invention of a horse brake take him and his neighbor on an out-of-control journey filled with mayhem. His neighbor is constantly caught in the wake of these crazy inventions; the narrative thrives on the absurd and the humorous tension between these two unusual characters.