Cyclopedia of Wit and Humor, of America, Ireland, Scotland and England
Author: William E. Burton
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Published: 1858
Total Pages: 306
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Author: William E. Burton
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Published: 1858
Total Pages: 306
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ken Alley
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2000-07-11
Total Pages: 582
ISBN-13: 1462092292
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhenever you need an amusing story to hold attention, drive home a point in speech making to enliven conversation, or to read just for fun, the more than 4,100 peppery, bubbling stories in this volume will satisfy every demand. All are arranged alphabetically under subject. The index and cross-index makes it possible to locate the right story quickly. The range of this volume is far and wide. The stories are about people in all walks of life. All of them are wholesome and clean. And what is more, you will want to remember and retell these stories. Drawn from the vagaries, the foibles, and the peculiarities of human nature, they provide countless chuckles from many different locales. The ENCYCLOPEDIA of WIT, HUMOR and WISDOM is indispensable for public speakers, toastmasters, lawyers, ministers, educators, writers, salesmen, and those who love a good laugh.
Author: William Evans Burton
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Published: 1866
Total Pages: 586
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Published: 1860
Total Pages: 492
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: San Francisco Public Library. Schmulowitz Collection
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Published: 1962
Total Pages: 394
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David E. E. Sloane
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-04-17
Total Pages: 309
ISBN-13: 1351181548
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Literary Humour of the Urban Northeast brings together works by such writers as Mark Twain, P.T. Barnum, Marietta Holley, and the literary comedians Artemus Ward and Josh Billings. The northern writers chronicled a fast-moving world, dominated by government and business. In this anthology, David Sloane recovers satiric writings of the north-eastern humourists of the nineteenth century, a literary school that was formed in the crucible of the daily newspaper. Written to appeal to a newly urbanized audience experiencing the impact of the Industrial Revolution, these humorous articles, sketches and ballads responded to a rapidly changing nation still clinging to rural preconceptions but at the same time beginning to know a sharper more precarious kind of existence.
Author: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Commandery of the State of Illinois
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Published: 1902
Total Pages: 672
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Mark Twain
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 894
ISBN-13: 0520033833
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVolume III of Mark Twain's notebooks spans the years 1883 to 1891, a period during which Mark Twain's personal fortunes reached their zenith, as he emerged as one of the most successful authors and publishers in American literary history. During these years Life on the Mississippi, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court appeared, revealing the diversity, depth, and vitality of Mark Twain's literary talents. With his speeches, his public performances, and his lecture tour of 1884/1885, he became the most recognizable of national figures. At the same time, Mark Twain's growing fame and prosperity allowed him to plunge deeply into the business world, a sphere not suited to his erratic energies. He created the subscription publish firm of Charles L. Webster & Company, Which published the most profitable book of its time, the Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant. And he became the primary financial support for the ingenious but imperfectible Paige typesetter. Within a few years both the publishing company and the typesetter had taxed Mark Twain's patience, and pocket, beyond endurance. The near bankruptcy of the publishing firm and the debacle of the typesetter scheme finally resulted in 1891 in a drastic decision--to leave the house in Hartford, Connecticut, which had long been the symbol of Mark Twain's rising fortunes and idyllic family life, and move to Europe for an indefinite period in the hope of reducing the family's living expenses. The Clemens family would never return to the Hartford house, and the European stay would lengthen into an almost unbroken nine years of exile. Mark Twain's notebooks permit an intimate view of this turbulent period, whose triumphs were tempered by intimations of financial disaster and personal bitterness.
Author: Bayard Taylor
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Published: 1854
Total Pages: 672
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