Project Gutenberg 1996-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 56 Davis, Richard Harding 1864 1916 The Reporter Who Made Himself King "The Reporter Who Made Himself King" by Richard Harding Davis is a satirical narrative written in the early 20th century. The book follows the misadventures of young Albert Gordon, a keen and ambitious reporter who, seeking a quieter life to focus on writing, unintentionally finds himself appointed as the American consul to an obscure tropical island called Opeki. Through a series of comical and exaggerated events, Gordon transitions from reporter to self-proclaimed king, showcasing the absurdities of colonialism, media sensationalism, and the quest for fame. In the story, after arriving in Opeki, Gordon discovers the island to be quite undeveloped and sparsely populated. His initial dreams of writing a novel soon turn into a wild escapade where he navigates peculiar encounters with local kings, foreign officials, and even a German warship. As he attempts to maintain peace between rival factions and impress the natives, his reporting background comes back into play as he fabricates stories that grab international attention. His actions lead to an unintended escalation, culminating in a mock war and a comical transformation into a self-styled monarch amid a backdrop of political chaos, ultimately critiquing the absurdity of power dynamics and the pressures of journalistic expectations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories Journalists -- 19th century -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Journalism/Media/Writing Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 129090 128717 2024-09-01T05:24:12.315012 2023-10-01T05:10:31.487338 text/html text/html 125531 2008-01-26T09:26:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 45062 2008-01-26T09:29:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 105436 2024-09-01T05:24:16.697980 application/epub+zip 106072 2024-09-01T05:24:14.013009 application/epub+zip 106073 2024-09-01T05:24:13.008990 application/epub+zip 224114 2024-09-01T05:24:18.637952 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 216944 2024-09-01T05:24:15.927966 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 217130 2022-09-01T05:44:11.149711 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 116302 116330 2024-09-01T05:24:11.982979 2023-10-01T05:10:31.182325 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 116212 2008-01-21T21:28:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 43917 2008-01-26T09:29:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18294 2024-09-01T05:24:18.773943 application/rdf+xml 16398 2024-09-01T05:24:13.371987 image/jpeg 3998 2024-09-01T05:24:13.177979 image/jpeg 106096 2024-09-01T05:24:12.328000 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia