The Father Of American Wit

Author : Richard Paskowitz
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1105518779
Total Pages : 69 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book THE FATHER OF AMERICAN WIT written by Richard Paskowitz and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-01-03 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Horatio Derby, also known as John Phoenix and as Squibob, is the Father of American Wit. He influenced Mark Twain.Modern comedy owes a debt to John Phoenix (for example Andy Kaufman and Jim Carey).Laugh out loud at his wit;enjoy his humor, as relevant now as it was 160 years ago.Discover for your self this master of the use of the English language.The last book that Abraham Lincoln read was by John Phoenix. Theodore Roosevelt said he could be tested on Phoenix's books. Both men enjoyed his humor.Many of the stories contained in this book have never been published.Several stories were written at Andover in the 1830's. Some were written while Derby was at the Military Academy at West Point (Class of 1846)He was truly a SOLDIER JOKER. Humor dissected ceases to be funny. In these pages, Derby's humor is special and is great fun, and is left to speak for itself without annotation. Your role in reading this book is to enjoy.

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book American Wit and Humor written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Betty Kilby Fisher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780972570909
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Wit, Will & Walls written by Betty Kilby Fisher and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The historical figure is dynamic, passionate, and inspirational, she will take you on a wild roller coaster ride with her high-energy and exciting story. Betty was an infant plaintiff in the case of Betty Anny Kilby vs. Warren County Board of Education. She earned her AAS in Business Management; BS in Business Administration and an MBA with a concentration in Productivity Improvement in the Workplace, while working, going to school full time and raising four children. Betty started your career as a $2.10-per-hour-minimum-wage factory worker. She climbed the corporate ladder in two very different industries to upper-management positions."--Publisher's description.

Author : Barack Obama
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307394123
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Dreams from My Father written by Barack Obama and published by Crown. This book was released on 2007-01-09 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ONE OF ESSENCE’S 50 MOST IMPACTFUL BLACK BOOKS OF THE PAST 50 YEARS In this iconic memoir of his early days, Barack Obama “guides us straight to the intersection of the most serious questions of identity, class, and race” (The Washington Post Book World). “Quite extraordinary.”—Toni Morrison In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father—a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man—has been killed in a car accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odyssey—first to a small town in Kansas, from which he retraces the migration of his mother’s family to Hawaii, and then to Kenya, where he meets the African side of his family, confronts the bitter truth of his father’s life, and at last reconciles his divided inheritance. Praise for Dreams from My Father “Beautifully crafted . . . moving and candid . . . This book belongs on the shelf beside works like James McBride’s The Color of Water and Gregory Howard Williams’s Life on the Color Line as a tale of living astride America’s racial categories.”—Scott Turow “Provocative . . . Persuasively describes the phenomenon of belonging to two different worlds, and thus belonging to neither.”—The New York Times Book Review “Obama’s writing is incisive yet forgiving. This is a book worth savoring.”—Alex Kotlowitz, author of There Are No Children Here “One of the most powerful books of self-discovery I’ve ever read, all the more so for its illuminating insights into the problems not only of race, class, and color, but of culture and ethnicity. It is also beautifully written, skillfully layered, and paced like a good novel.”—Charlayne Hunter-Gault, author of In My Place “Dreams from My Father is an exquisite, sensitive study of this wonderful young author’s journey into adulthood, his search for community and his place in it, his quest for an understanding of his roots, and his discovery of the poetry of human life. Perceptive and wise, this book will tell you something about yourself whether you are black or white.”—Marian Wright Edelman

Author : Thomas Lansing Masson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor written by Thomas Lansing Masson and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book American Wit and Humor written by and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thomas L. Masson
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3368351230
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor written by Thomas L. Masson and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-04-27 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 748 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Holy Cross Purple written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joel Chandler Harris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book American Wit and Humor written by Joel Chandler Harris and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book American Wit and Humor written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: