New England joke lore; the tonic of Yankee humor

Crandall Arthur George B. 1858

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LIBRARY JiEGO A ROCKY SPRING IN YANKEE LAND New Joke LoreEngland OF YANKEETHE TONIC HUMOR BY ARTHUR G. CRANDALL Author of Medicine""Optimistic PHILADELPHIA F. A. DAVIS PUBLISHERSCOMPANY, 1922 COPYRIGHT, 1922 BY F. A. DAVIS COMPANY GreitCopyright, Britain. All Rights Reserved PRINTED IN U.S.A. PRESS OF F. A. DAVIS COMPANY PHILADELPHIA. PA. DEDICATED TO THOSE STALWART SONS OF NEW ENGLAND WHOSE ABILITY TO THINK COMBINEDSTRAIGHT, ANWITH UNRUFFLED POISE AND NEVERFAILING SENSE OF HAS ENABLED THEM ANDHUMOR, THEIR DESCENDANTS TO TAKE A LEADING PART THEIN DEVELOPMENT OF OUR GLORIOUS COUNTRY FOREWORD THE wit of the New Yankeedry England has done much to cheer the TravelerLonely on his It has oiled the machin-way. thinking it andwhen creakedery provided inspiration for that whichspontaneous good fellowship so much to make life worthhelps living. ofThe are not thefollowing pages product an overworked but a record ofimagination, actual The characters who passhappenings. the reader are realin review before person- havewhose variousages experiences glad- dened firesides.adjacentmany the author realizes that certainHowever, and literal souls are so constructedserious is a source of andthat what to others glee ofis to them but "themerriment, crackling thorns under a Hence the of hispot." origin conscientious to in the book'splan display so to a of the"show window," speak, sample reader ex-brand of Yankee humor the may further.

Sujets

• New England

Informations

• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 11
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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LIBRARY
JiEGOA ROCKY SPRING IN YANKEE LANDNew Joke LoreEngland
OF YANKEETHE TONIC HUMOR
BY
ARTHUR G. CRANDALL
Author of Medicine""Optimistic
PHILADELPHIA
F. A. DAVIS PUBLISHERSCOMPANY,
1922COPYRIGHT, 1922
BY
F. A. DAVIS COMPANY
GreitCopyright, Britain. All Rights Reserved
PRINTED IN U.S.A.
PRESS OF
F. A. DAVIS COMPANY
PHILADELPHIA. PA.DEDICATED TO THOSE
STALWART SONS OF NEW ENGLAND
WHOSE ABILITY TO THINK COMBINEDSTRAIGHT,
ANWITH UNRUFFLED POISE AND NEVERFAILING
SENSE OF HAS ENABLED THEM ANDHUMOR,
THEIR DESCENDANTS TO TAKE A LEADING PART
THEIN DEVELOPMENT OF OUR GLORIOUS COUNTRY