Don Bousquet is a Rhode Island

Rhode Island

The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...

-based cartoonist

Cartoonist

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. He was born in Pawtucket

Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Pawtucket is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 71,148 at the 2010 census. It is the fourth largest city in the state.-History:...

, Rhode Island. His cartoon Bousquet regularly appears in the Providence Journal, and his work has also appeared in numerous other publications, such as Yankee Magazine. Most of Don's best sellers were published by Covered Bridge Press. The biggest seller was Rhode Island Dictionary which sold beyond all expectations and was popular all over the country. Don Bousquet became a celebrity throughout New England because of his outstanding (but odd) sense of humor. During a book signing event at Waldenbooks in Lincoln, RI people were waiting two hours to get THE RHODE ISLAND DICTIONARY signed by Don.

Partial bibliography

• Beware of the Quahog (out of print)Covered Bridge Press
• I Brake for Quahogs (out of print)
• The Quahog Walks Among Us (out of print)
• The New England Experience (Yankee Books, 1987; out of print)
• Don Bousquet's New England (out of print)
• Best of the Quahog Trilogy (out of print)
• The Quahog Stops Here
• Quahogs Are a Girl's Best Friend (Covered Bridge Press)
• A Rhode Island Album
• Don Bousquet's Next Book
• Revenge of the Quahog
• A Workingmans Skiff (with William Campbell)
• Rhode Island Dictionary (with Mark Patinkin
  Mark Patinkin
  Mark Patinkin is an author and nationally-syndicated columnist for the Providence Journal. He is a graduate of Middlebury College. He was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for international reporting, and he has won three New England Emmy awards for television commentaries. He is also the author of...
  
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• Rhode Island Handbook (with Mark Patinkin)
• New England Fish Tale
• Quahog State of Mind (1995);
• Don Bousquet's Rhode Island Cookbook (with Martha Murphy)
• The Don Bousquet Greeting Card Collection

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