The Mirth of a Nationby Walter & McDavid, Raven I., Jr. Blair | |
| List(s): | "Carp 500" |
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| Category: |
"Literature/Essays" |
| Pages: | 275 |
| Year of Publication: | 1983 |
| Date Read: | 03/09/2001 |
| Notes: | A collection of American humor produced from about 1830 until the end of the nineteenth century. In their day, these columns were very popular in almanacs, newspapers and magazines. Americans read them to one another and quoted them from memory; they clipped them and carried them around or pasted them in scrapbooks for rereading; and they made collections of them big sellers. This book highlights 32 of the best humorist, giving short biographies and including selected works. Includes: James Russell Lowell (Biglow Papers) — The Courtin; A Second Letter from B. Sawin, Esq. Hamilton C. Jones — Cousin Sally Dillard William C. Hall (Yazoo) — How Sally Hooter Got Snakebit Charles Farrar Brown (Artemus Ward) — Interview with President Lincoln; The Tower of London David Ross Locke (Petroleum Vesuvius Nasby) — Why He Should Not Be Drafted Finley Peter Dunne (Mr. Dooly) — On the Victorian Era Harriet Beecher Stowe — The Minister’s Housekeeper James Whitcomb Riley — The Old Soldier’s Story Mark Twain — Jim Baker’s Blue Jay Yarn |
| My Rating: | 7 |