American Satire: An Anthology of Writings from Colonial Times to the Present-Quality Guarantee

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This entertaining, informative collection covers the best of American satire—from Ben Franklin’s cutting satiric attacks to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Celestial Railroad, Calvin Trillin’s Old Marrieds, Mark Twain’s American Abroad to P.J. O’Rourke’s The Innocents Abroad—Updated, a late 20th-century take on Twain’s classic piece.”Entertaining and excellent introduction.”—.