John Kendrick Bangs, Peter Newell

Mr. Munchausen

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"That's what I thought; and when you can't work ruin stares you in the face, eh? Now I have a manuscript-" "Oh Lord!" I cried. "Don't. There are millions in the same fix. Even my cook writes." ______________________________ One perfect evening the author receives a ghostly phone call from none other than the Baron Munchausen himself , with a rich offer no sane living man could refuse. Proclaiming his devotion to the truth behind every one of the baron's tall tales, the author presented this book to the public with absolute faith that you would believe them as much as he does

Produktdetails

• The Associated Shades Nr.4
• Verlag: Writers of the Apocalypse
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 178mm x 108mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 131g
• ISBN-13: 9781944322502
• ISBN-10: 1944322507
• Artikelnr.: 55175312

Autorenporträt

John Kendrick Bangs (1862 - 1922) was an American author, humorist, editor and satirist. He was born in Yonkers, New York. His father Francis Nehemiah Bangs was a lawyer in New York City, as was his brother, Francis S. Bangs. He went to Columbia College from 1880 to 1883 where he became editor of Columbia's literary magazine, Acta Columbia and contributed short anonymous pieces to humor magazines. After graduation in 1883 with a Bachelor of Philosophy degree in Political Science, Bangs entered Columbia Law School but left in 1884 to become Associate Editor of Life under Edward S. Martin. Bangs contributed many articles and poems to the magazine between 1884 and 1888. During this period, Bangs published his first books.