"It is Johnson's gift that he can make his subjects human and fallible enough that we would…recognize them instantly, while also illuminating what made them heroes." -Washington Post Book World on Heroes
"Johnson is a clear, intelligent, forceful writer, and nothing if not thorough." -Wall Street Journal
Paul Johnson, the acclaimed author of Creators, Heroes, and the New York Times bestseller Intellectuals, returns with a captivating collection of biographical portraits of the Western world's greatest wits and humorists. With chapters dedicated to history's sharpest tongues and most piercing pens, including Benjamin Franklin, Toulouse-Lautrec, G.K. Chesterton, Damon Runyan, W.C. Fields, the Marx Brothers, and many more, Johnson's Humorists is an exciting compendium of our most enduring comical and satirical innovators.
| ISBN: | 9780061825927 |
| Publication date: | 15th December 2011 |
| Author: | Paul Johnson |
| Publisher: | Harper Perennial an imprint of HarperCollins |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 272 pages |
| Genres: |
Biography: general Parodies and spoofs: non-fiction History Religion and beliefs Humour |
"It is Johnson's gift that he can make his subjects human and fallible enough that we would…recognize them instantly, while also illuminating what made them heroes." -Washington Post Book World on Heroes
"Johnson is a clear, intelligent, forceful writer, and nothing if not thorough." -Wall Street Journal
Paul Johnson, the acclaimed author of Creators, Heroes, and the New York Times bestseller Intellectuals, returns with a captivating collection of biographical portraits of the Western world's greatest wits and humorists. With chapters dedicated to history's sharpest tongues and most piercing pens, including Benjamin Franklin, Toulouse-Lautrec, G.K. Chesterton, Damon Runyan, W.C. Fields, the Marx Brothers, and many more, Johnson's Humorists is an exciting compendium of our most enduring comical and satirical innovators.
Humorists features in the following genres: Biography: general, Parodies and spoofs: non-fiction, History, Religion and beliefs, Humour
Humorists is available in Paperback
Humorists was written by Paul Johnson and published by Harper Perennial an imprint of HarperCollins
Humorists has 272 pages