The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody

The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody
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Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : 9781567923773
ISBN-13 : 1567923771
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Download or read book The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody written by Will Cuppy and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it was first published in 1950, The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody spent four months on The New York Times best-seller list, and Edward R. Murrow devoted more than two-thirds of one of his nightly CBS programs to a reading from Cuppy's historical sketches, calling it "the history book of the year." The book eventually went through eighteen hardcover printings and ten foreign editions, proof of its impeccable accuracy and deadly, imperishable humor.


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