Author: Charles Augustus Davis
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Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 326
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Letters of J. Downing, Major [pseud.] Downingville Militia, Second Brigade, to His Old Friend, Mr. Dwight, of the New-York Daily Advertiser
Author: Charles Augustus Davis
Publisher:
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Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 326
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Publisher:
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Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 326
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Letters of J. Downing
Author: Charles Augustus Davis
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Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 330
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Publisher:
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Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 330
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LETTERS OF J. DOWNING MAJOR, DOWNINGVILLE MILITIA, SECOND BRIGADE, TO HIS OLD FRIEND, MR. DWIGHT, OF THE NEW-YORK DAILY ADVERTISER.
Author: Charles Augustus Davis
Publisher: New York : Harper
ISBN:
Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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Publisher: New York : Harper
ISBN:
Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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Letters of J. Downing, Major [pseud.], Downingville Militia, Second Brigade, to His Old Friend, Mr. Dwight, of the New York Daily Advertiser
Author: Charles Augustus Davis
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Languages : en
Pages :
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The Presidents We Imagine
Author: Jeff Smith
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 0299231836
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
In such popular television series as The West Wing and 24, in thrillers like Tom Clancy’s novels, and in recent films, plays, graphic novels, and internet cartoons, America has been led by an amazing variety of chief executives. Some of these are real presidents who have been fictionally reimagined. Others are “might-have-beens” like Philip Roth’s President Charles Lindbergh. Many more have never existed except in some storyteller’s mind. In The Presidents We Imagine, Jeff Smith examines the presidency’s ever-changing place in the American imagination. Ranging across different media and analyzing works of many kinds, some familiar and some never before studied, he explores the evolution of presidential fictions, their central themes, the impact on them of new and emerging media, and their largely unexamined role in the nation’s real politics. Smith traces fictions of the presidency from the plays and polemics of the eighteenth century—when the new office was born in what Alexander Hamilton called “the regions of fiction”—to the digital products of the twenty-first century, with their seemingly limitless user-defined ways of imagining the world’s most important political figure. Students of American culture and politics, as well as readers interested in political fiction and film, will find here a colorful, indispensable guide to the many surprising ways Americans have been “representing” presidents even as those presidents have represented them. “Especially timely in an era when media image-mongering increasingly shapes presidential politics.”—Paul S. Boyer, series editor “Smith's understanding of the sociopolitical realities of US history is impressive; likewise his interpretations of works of literature and popular culture. . . .In addition to presenting thoughtful analysis, the book is also fun. Readers will enjoy encounters with, for example, The Beggar's Opera, Duck Soup, Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward, Philip Roth's Plot against America, the comedic campaigns of W. C. Fields for President and Pogo for President, and presidential fictions that continue up to the last President Bush. . . . His writing is fluid and conversational, but every page reveals deep understanding and focus. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readers.”—CHOICE
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 0299231836
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
In such popular television series as The West Wing and 24, in thrillers like Tom Clancy’s novels, and in recent films, plays, graphic novels, and internet cartoons, America has been led by an amazing variety of chief executives. Some of these are real presidents who have been fictionally reimagined. Others are “might-have-beens” like Philip Roth’s President Charles Lindbergh. Many more have never existed except in some storyteller’s mind. In The Presidents We Imagine, Jeff Smith examines the presidency’s ever-changing place in the American imagination. Ranging across different media and analyzing works of many kinds, some familiar and some never before studied, he explores the evolution of presidential fictions, their central themes, the impact on them of new and emerging media, and their largely unexamined role in the nation’s real politics. Smith traces fictions of the presidency from the plays and polemics of the eighteenth century—when the new office was born in what Alexander Hamilton called “the regions of fiction”—to the digital products of the twenty-first century, with their seemingly limitless user-defined ways of imagining the world’s most important political figure. Students of American culture and politics, as well as readers interested in political fiction and film, will find here a colorful, indispensable guide to the many surprising ways Americans have been “representing” presidents even as those presidents have represented them. “Especially timely in an era when media image-mongering increasingly shapes presidential politics.”—Paul S. Boyer, series editor “Smith's understanding of the sociopolitical realities of US history is impressive; likewise his interpretations of works of literature and popular culture. . . .In addition to presenting thoughtful analysis, the book is also fun. Readers will enjoy encounters with, for example, The Beggar's Opera, Duck Soup, Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward, Philip Roth's Plot against America, the comedic campaigns of W. C. Fields for President and Pogo for President, and presidential fictions that continue up to the last President Bush. . . . His writing is fluid and conversational, but every page reveals deep understanding and focus. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readers.”—CHOICE
Letters of J. Downing, Major. Downingville Militia, Second Brigade, to his old friend, Mr. Dwight, of the New-York Daily Advertiser. By Charles Augustus Davis. With plates
Author: Charles Augustus Davis
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 250
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Languages : en
Pages : 250
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American Fiction, 1774-1850
Author: Lyle Henry Wright
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Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Publisher:
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Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Letters of J. Downing, Major, Downingville Militia, Second Brigade, to His Old Friend, Mr. Dwight, of the New-York Daily Advertiser (Classic Reprint)
Author: Charles Augustus Davis
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780259751533
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Excerpt from Letters of J. Downing, Major, Downingville Militia, Second Brigade, to His Old Friend, Mr. Dwight, of the New-York Daily Advertiser If in any of my letters to you I handle any folks without mittins who don't deserve it, it is because I find 'em in bad company. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780259751533
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Excerpt from Letters of J. Downing, Major, Downingville Militia, Second Brigade, to His Old Friend, Mr. Dwight, of the New-York Daily Advertiser If in any of my letters to you I handle any folks without mittins who don't deserve it, it is because I find 'em in bad company. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Publisher:
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Monthly Bulletin of Books Added to the Public Library of the City of Boston
Author: Boston Public Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 506
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Publisher:
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Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 506
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