A Little Book of Yankee Humor
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 34,39 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780911658798
Little Book of Yankee Humor
Author : Clarissa M. Silitch
Publisher : Yankee Publishing, Incorporated
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 48,99 MB
Release : 1983-11
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780899090160
Book Description
A rib-tickling collection of the funniest stories ever published in Yankee magazine, guaranteed to evoke a chuckle, chortle, smile, snicker, snort, guffaw, giggle, or hearty laugh from just about everyone but the sourest puss.
Underrated
Author : Geoff Wolinetz
Publisher : Citadel Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 17,57 MB
Release : 2008-06-24
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780806528700
Book Description
Contrary to popular legend, every dog does not have his day. Some dogs-i.e., musicians, actors, foodstuffs, sitcoms, beverages, albums, and movies-are perennially overlooked. This book will change all that. Using a highly scientific, unabashedly subjective, yet uncannily accurate formula, the brilliant comedic minds behind Yankee Pot Roast can help you determine with absolute confidence whether something or someone is underrated (George Harrison) or not (Paul McCartney). Book jacket.
American Humor
Author : Constance Rourke
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 27,43 MB
Release : 2004-02-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781590170793
Book Description
Stepping out of the darkness, the American emerges upon the stage of history as a new character, as puzzling to himself as to others. American Humor, Constance Rourke's pioneering "study of the national character," singles out the archetypal figures of the Yankee peddler, the backwoodsman, and the blackface minstrel to illuminate the fundamental role of popular culture in fashioning a distinctive American sensibility. A memorable performance in its own right, American Humor crackles with the jibes and jokes of generations while presenting a striking picture of a vagabond nation in perpetual self-pursuit. Davy Crockett and Henry James, Jim Crow and Emily Dickinson rub shoulders in a work that inspired such later critics as Pauline Kael and Lester Bangs and which still has much to say about the America of Bob Dylan and Thomas Pynchon, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.
The Little Book of Books
Author : Jennifer Worick
Publisher : Cider Mill Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 19,98 MB
Release : 2012-11-20
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1604332859
Book Description
Bestselling author Jennifer Worick has put together an entertaining pocket-sized collection of book-related quotes, facts, and lists. From Children's Classics Fit for Adults to Scary Reads, any reader will find something new to explore or revisit. This purse-size, leather-bound little book is a perfect companion for trips to the bookstore or library. This little book of books is packed with quotes about classic titles and reading, book trivia, space for your own book notes, and dozens of lists, including: 10 Books from Home School You Should Revisit Love Hurts Dystopian Reads Guilty Pleasures The Sporting Life Short Stories Tragic-Comic Reads
Cursed in New England
Author : Joseph A. Citro
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 17,71 MB
Release : 2018-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1493032216
Book Description
New Englanders are always cursing. But a colorful profanity uttered by some stero-typically taciturn old Yankee is usually more humorous than menacing. Yet, true maledictions (the opposite of benedictions) have frequently been spoken on New England soil, curses intended to invoke evil, injury, or total destruction against other people. Stories about preternatural revenge are numerous in Yankee lore, with each New England state providing its favorites. You’ll read about curses that were followed by the strange disappearance of a father and daughter in Rhode Island, mysterious afflictions in Massachusetts, a river of death in Maine, an unaccountable blight in New Hampshire, unexplained madness in Connecticut, and other eerie happenings from New England’s colorful history. Some are well known, at least regionally. Others are nearly forgotten. Within these pages, storyteller Joseph A. Citro vividly brings these tales to life, letting us decide if these tales of woe were bad luck or . . . something else.
New York Yankees ABC
Author : Brad M. Epstein
Publisher : ABC Book
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,6 MB
Release : 2009-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781607300076
Book Description
The ultimate alphabet book for every young New York Yankees fan.
Great Presidential Wit
Author : Robert J. Dole
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 42,89 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Presidents
ISBN : 0743203925
Book Description
The former senator and presidential candidate collects bipartisan presidential humor from famous, and not-so-famous, chief executives, from Washington to Clinton.
The Yankee Chick's Survival Guide to Texas
Author : Sophia Dembling
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 38,50 MB
Release : 2001-12-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1461625661
Book Description
In Texas "Yankee" is a loose term covering a lot of ground. If you're not a Texan or a southerner, you're a Yankee and therefore, to many Texans, suspect. There are many rites of passage to being a Yankee in Texas: the first time you spot a pickup with a gun rack; the first time you realize that a week is a long time to go without Mexican food; the first time you recognize a change in seasons; your first thunderstorm; your first honky-tonk. Culture Shock in Texas can be intense and is exacerbate by local rules of propriety that tell us to keep out mouths shut. But here in this book we are going to talk all about it with good old Yankee outspokenness. We'll clear the air, share experiences, orient newcomers, and have some good laughs.
Why Read Moby-Dick?
Author : Nathaniel Philbrick
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 29,61 MB
Release : 2013-09-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0143123971
Book Description
A “brilliant and provocative” (The New Yorker) celebration of Melville’s masterpiece—from the bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea, Valiant Ambition, and In the Hurricane's Eye One of the greatest American novels finds its perfect contemporary champion in Why Read Moby-Dick?, Nathaniel Philbrick’s enlightening and entertaining tour through Melville’s classic. As he did in his National Book Award–winning bestseller In the Heart of the Sea, Philbrick brings a sailor’s eye and an adventurer’s passion to unfolding the story behind an epic American journey. He skillfully navigates Melville’s world and illuminates the book’s humor and unforgettable characters—finding the thread that binds Ishmael and Ahab to our own time and, indeed, to all times. An ideal match between author and subject, Why Read Moby-Dick? will start conversations, inspire arguments, and make a powerful case that this classic tale waits to be discovered anew. “Gracefully written [with an] infectious enthusiasm…”—New York Times Book Review
