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Humorists

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"It is Johnson's gift that he can make his subjects human and fallible enough that we would...recognize them instantly, while also illuminating what made them heroes." —Washington Post Book World on Heroes

"Johnson is a clear, intelligent, forceful writer, and nothing if not thorough." —Wall Street Journal

Paul Johnson, the acclaimed author of Creators, Heroes, and the New York Times bestseller Intellectuals, returns with a captivating collection of biographical portraits of the Western world's greatest wits and humorists. With chapters dedicated to history's sharpest tongues and most piercing pens, including Benjamin Franklin, Toulouse-Lautrec, G.K. Chesterton, Damon Runyan, W.C. Fields, the Marx Brothers, and many more, Johnson's Humorists is an exciting compendium of our most enduring comical and satirical innovators.


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Publisher: HarperCollins

Kindle Book

  • Release date: November 30, 2010

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  • ISBN: 9780062024862
  • Release date: November 30, 2010

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9780062024862
  • File size: 2346 KB
  • Release date: November 30, 2010

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Kindle Book
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English

"It is Johnson's gift that he can make his subjects human and fallible enough that we would...recognize them instantly, while also illuminating what made them heroes." —Washington Post Book World on Heroes

"Johnson is a clear, intelligent, forceful writer, and nothing if not thorough." —Wall Street Journal

Paul Johnson, the acclaimed author of Creators, Heroes, and the New York Times bestseller Intellectuals, returns with a captivating collection of biographical portraits of the Western world's greatest wits and humorists. With chapters dedicated to history's sharpest tongues and most piercing pens, including Benjamin Franklin, Toulouse-Lautrec, G.K. Chesterton, Damon Runyan, W.C. Fields, the Marx Brothers, and many more, Johnson's Humorists is an exciting compendium of our most enduring comical and satirical innovators.


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