The Nervous Wreck
| Title | The Nervous Wreck |
| Year of Publication | 1923 |
| Publication Type | Novel |
| Number of Pages or Episodes | 326 p. |
| Language | English |
| Authors | Rath, E. J. |
| Publisher | G. Howard Watt |
| City | New York |
| Keywords | chemists; hypochondria |
| Abstract | A farce about Henry Williams, a Pittsburgh chemist who seeks to cure his hypochondria at an Arizona dude ranch. Pittsburgh becomes a running joke among the Westerners: “Pittsburgh! I'm tired of hearing about Pittsburgh. You'd think the sun rose and set in Pittsburgh.” |
| Notes | E. J. Rath is a pseudonym of J. Chauncey Corey Brainerd (1874-1922) and Edith Rathbone Brainerd (1885-1922). First serialized in a magazine in 1921. |
| Author Biography | Chauncey Corey Brainerd (1874-1922), a journalist and author, married Edith Rathbone Jacobs in 1903. The couple died when the roof of Washington, DC's Knickerbocker Theatre collapsed due to heavy snow. Edith Rathbone Jacobs Brainerd (1885-1922), born in Mt. Vernon, New York, was a correspondent for the Brooklyn Eagle. She married Chauncey Corey Brainerd in 1903. The couple died when the roof of Washington, DC's Knickerbocker Theatre collapsed due to heavy snow. |
| Time | 1920s |
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