A very funny view of the great, and nearly great, people throughout history by New Yorker humorist Will Cuppy.
Hysterically funny (yet historically accurate), Cuppy transforms luminaries such as Nero, Cleopatra, Alexander the Great, Lucrezia Borgia, Attila the Hun, Lady Godiva and Miles Standish into human beings. These are not the usual portraits but as we would have known them Cuppy-wise: foolish, fallible, and very much our common ancestors.
After leaving Chicago for New York City, for eight years, from 1921 to 1929, Will Cuppy lived as a hermit on Jones Island, off Long Island’s South Shore. From there, he gained a reputation for his factual but funny magazine articles and wrote the book, How to be a Hermit, his first bestseller.
The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody was left unfinished after Cuppy’s death in 1949. The manuscript was completed by a friend from some 15,000 note cards in Cuppy’s apartment. The book spent four months on the New York Times bestseller list and has endured as a classic of American humor.
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Condizione: Bueno. William Steig (illustratore). : Sumérgete en un recorrido humorístico a través de la historia mundial con Will Cuppy. Este libro ofrece una visión divertida y perspicaz de las figuras históricas más famosas, desde Cleopatra hasta Nerón, transformándolos en personajes cercanos y falibles. Descubre los secretos detrás de sus reinados y las razones de su declive, todo ello con el ingenio y la sátira característicos de Cuppy. EAN: 9780879235147 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Historia Título: The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody Autor: Will Cuppy Editorial: Nonpareil Books Idioma: en Páginas: 242 Formato: tapa blanda. Codice articolo Happ-2025-05-26-a82da528
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Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. William Steig (illustratore). When it was first published in 1950 The Decline and Fall of Almost Everybody was on the New York Times best-seller list for four months. An hysterically funny (yet historically accurate) romp through world history by a great American humourist and raconteur. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Codice articolo GOR001753008
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