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Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Funny Stories; Or, The American Jester written by and published by . This book was released on 1814 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Simon Rich
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316468878
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)
Download or read book Hits and Misses written by Simon Rich and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2018-07-24 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hilarious collection inspired by a former Saturday Night Live writer's real experiences in Hollywood, chronicling the absurdity of fame and the humanity of failure in a world dominated by social media influencers and reality TV stars. Simon Rich is "one of the funniest writers in America" (Daily Beast) -- a humorist who draws comparisons to Douglas Adams (New York Times Book Review), James Thurber, and P.G. Wodehouse (The Guardian). With Hits and Misses, he's back with a hilarious new collection of stories about dreaming big and falling flat, about ordinary people desperate for stardom and the stars who are bored by having it all. Inspired by Rich's real experiences in Hollywood, Hits and Misses chronicles all the absurdity of fame and success alongside the heartbreaking humanity of failure. From a bitter tell-all by the horse Paul Revere rode to greatness to a gushing magazine profile of everyone's favorite World War II dictator, these stories roam across time and space to skewer our obsession with making it big -- from the days of ancient Babylon to the age of TMZ.
Author : Beatrice K. Otto
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226640914
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 download)
Download or read book Fools Are Everywhere written by Beatrice K. Otto and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2001-04 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this lively work, Beatrice K. Otto takes us on a journey around the world in search of one of the most colorful characters in history—the court jester. Though not always clad in cap and bells, these witty, quirky characters crop up everywhere, from the courts of ancient China and the Mogul emperors of India to those of medieval Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas. With a wealth of anecdotes, jokes, quotations, epigraphs, and illustrations (including flip art), Otto brings to light little-known jesters, highlighting their humanizing influence on people with power and position and placing otherwise remote historical figures in a more idiosyncratic, intimate light. Most of the work on the court jester has concentrated on Europe; Otto draws on previously untranslated classical Chinese writings and other sources to correct this bias and also looks at jesters in literature, mythology, and drama. Written with wit and humor, Fools Are Everywhere is the most comprehensive look at these roguish characters who risked their necks not only to mock and entertain but also to fulfill a deep and widespread human and social need.
Author : Paul M. Zall
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 9781572335851
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (358 download)
Download or read book Abe Lincoln's Legacy of Laughter written by Paul M. Zall and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abraham Lincoln's Legacy of Laughter, a substantial revision of P. M. Zall's 1982 classic, Abe Lincoln Laughing, consists of stories, jokes, and anecdotes on a wide range of topics by and about Abraham Lincoln before and after he became president. Establishing which tales are authentic and which are frauds and delusions, Abraham Lincoln's Legacy of Laughter includes stories derived from Lincoln's writings and speeches; writings by others up to April 1865; post-Civil War writings by those who knew him; and writings by others about Lincoln in later decades, including a sample from the twentieth century. Within each group, entries are arranged in the order they appeared in print. The volume contains notes, a bibliography, an index of the entries by section, and a subject index.
Author : Roger D. Abrahams
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351523201
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)
Download or read book Deep Down in the Jungle... written by Roger D. Abrahams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-20 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the growth of interest in folklore, it becomes increasingly evident that the presentation of a collection needs some rationale more than the fact that traditional materials have been collected and properly annotated. Much has been gathered and is now accessible through journals, archives, and lists. If a corpus of lore is not presented in some way, which bears new light on the process of word-of-mouth transmission, on traditional forms or expressions, or on the group among whom the lore was encountered, there is little reason to present it to the public. This work represents an attempt to present a body of folklore collected among one small group of Black Americans in a neighborhood in South Philadelphia. The author's approach toward collection and presentation has been intensive. He has tried to collect "in depth," and to recreate in his presentation the social background in which the lore was found, and to relate the lore with the life and the values of the group. Abraham's work is a departure from any past methods of analyzing folklore, and therefore a description of the author's point of view and his method will be given first. The majority of this work was written before his methodology was actually formulated. However throughout the project û the object was to illuminate as fully as possible the lore of one small group of African Americans from urban Philadelphia. The methodology, which developed, did so because of this objective more than anything else. Though the formulation of this theory may seem ex post facto, it is included because it clarified much during the rewritings of this book, and more importantly, because it will clarify many matters for the lay reader and for the professional folklorist.
Author : Richard Erdoes
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 : 0307801616
Total Pages : 467 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Legends and Tales of the American West written by Richard Erdoes and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2011-07-20 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Davy Crockett, Wild Bill Hickok, and Calamity Jane to Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, and Frank and Jesse James, here are more than 130 colorful stories of the pioneers, cowboys, outlaws, gamblers, prospectors, and lawmen who settled the wild west, creating a uniquely American hero and an enduringly fascinating folk mythology. In this wonderfully boisterous treasury of tall tales, everyone and everything is larger than life and bragging is elevated into an art form. Many of these stories are of real people and real events; more than a few, however, grew taller and funnier as they made their rounds from wagon train to campfire to rodeo to miners' quarters. But even if it is far from established that Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett were able to kill three men with one bullet or subdue ferocious grizzly bears with their fists, they come vividly to life here as beloved characters who have become part of the fabric of the American imagination. With black-and white illustrations throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
Author : George Brinley
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Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Catalogue of the American Library of the Late Mr. George Brinley written by George Brinley and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard M. Dorson
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
ISBN 13 : 0486796809
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (867 download)
Download or read book American Negro Folktales written by Richard M. Dorson and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rich anthology of African-American folklore offers scores of humorous and harrowing stories. Collected during the mid-20th century, the tales tell of talking animals, ghosts, devils, and saints.
Author : George Brinley
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Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Catalogue of the American Library of the Late Mr. George Brinley of Hartford, Conn written by George Brinley and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Daniel Alarcón
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0399184805
Total Pages : 73 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (991 download)
Download or read book City of Clowns written by Daniel Alarcón and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gorgeously rendered graphic novel of Daniel Alarcón’s story City of Clowns. From the author of The King Is Always Above the People, which was longlisted for the 2017 National Book Award for Fiction. Oscar “Chino” Uribe is a young Peruvian journalist for a local tabloid paper. After the recent death of his philandering father, he must confront the idea of his father’s other family, and how much of his own identity has been shaped by his father’s murky morals. At the same time, he begins to chronicle the life of street clowns, sad characters who populate the violent and corrupt city streets of Lima, and is drawn into their haunting, fantastical world. This remarkably affecting story by Daniel Alarcón was included in his acclaimed first book, War by Candlelight, and now, in collaboration with artist Sheila Alvarado, it takes on a new, thrilling form. This graphic novel, with its short punches of action and images, its stark contrasts between light and dark, truth and fiction, perfectly corresponds to the tone of Chino’s story. With the city of Lima as a character, and the bold visual language from the story, City of Clowns is moving, menacing, and brilliantly vivid.
Author : David Saltzman
Publisher : Jester & Pharley Phund
ISBN 13 : 9780964456310
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (563 download)
Download or read book Bufón Ha Perdido Su Gracia written by David Saltzman and published by Jester & Pharley Phund. This book was released on 2012 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When they discover that laughter is missing from their kingdom, a jester and his helpmate set out on a quest to find it.
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Total Pages : 872 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The American Educational Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Author : James Hammond Trumbull
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Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Catalogue of the American library of ... George Brinley [by J.H. Trumbull]. (Special ed.). written by James Hammond Trumbull and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 440 pages
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Download or read book Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Subject index written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lucile M. Morsch
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Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Check List of New Jersey Imprints, 1784-1800 written by Lucile M. Morsch and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Carol E. Abraham
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 059509791X
Total Pages : 734 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)
Download or read book The Jester's Bells written by Carol E. Abraham and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-08 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Events jolting and stirring, historic and whimsical, come to life thick and fast in The Jester's Bells. Filled with irony, satire, and caricature, it is the story of Carol Enid Abraham, a Depression Baby, growing up in Brooklyn during the lean, war-torn 1940s and the A-bomb scare of the 1950s. It reflects the pendulous swing of morals and ethics, gender and racial advances, radical religious thinking, inspired silliness and profound creativity that shaped her life, leaving permanent yet invisible scars. Live in the atmosphere of this vibrant, hard-charging century as her family comes full circle from its origin in the shtetls of Europe to an American generation of assimilation.
Author : Victor Lovitt Oakes Chittick
Publisher : New York : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 724 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Thomas Chandler Haliburton ("Sam Slick") written by Victor Lovitt Oakes Chittick and published by New York : Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1924 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
