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The Best American Humorous Short Stories
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ISBN10: 1604246499
ISBN13: 9781604246490
Publisher: Book Jungle
Published: Dec 6 2007
Pages: 280
Weight: 1.07
Height: 0.59 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781604246490
Publisher: Book Jungle
Published: Dec 6 2007
Pages: 280
Weight: 1.07
Height: 0.59 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
Alexander Jessup has collected some of the best in American humorous short stories into one volume. The truly great American storytellers are represented in this volume. Edgar Allan Poe who is known primarily for his horror stories is represented here with his story The Angel of the Odd. Edward Everett Hale has written a delightful story entitled My Double: And How He Undid Me. A Visit to the Asylum For the Aged and Decayed Punsters was written by Oliver Wendell Homes. And no collection of humorous short stories would be complete without The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain. There are twenty other stories to delight the reader.
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