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040			_aAEA _bAEA _cAEA
050	0	0	_aPN 6165 _b.B645 2011
100			_aBorowitz, Andy _911145
245	0	4	_aThe 50 funniest American writers : _ban anthology of humor from Mark Twain to the Onion. _caccording to Andy Borowitz.
246	3		_aFifty funniest American writers
260			_aNew York : _bLibrary of America, _c2011.
264			_aNew York : _bLibrary of America, _c2011.
300			_axv, 461 pages : _billustrations, map ; _c20 cm.
490	0		_aA special publication of The library of America
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 455-461).
505	0	0	_tA presidential candidate / _rMark Twain -- _tThe lecture tickets that were bought but never used / _rGeorge Ade -- _tThe ransom of Red Chief / _rO. Henry -- _tFrom Babbitt / _rSinclair Lewis -- _tFrom Gentlemen prefer blondes / _rAnita Loos -- _tOn conversation / _rRing Lardner -- _tImperial purple / _rH.L. Mencken -- _tMore alarms at night / _rJames Thurber -- _tThe waltz / _rDorothy Parker -- _tFarewell, my lovely appetizer / _rS.J. Perelman -- _tSimple prays a prayer / _rLangston Hughes -- _tThe night the old nostalgia burned down / _rFrank Sullivan -- _tAcross the street and into the grill / _rE.B. White -- _tThe house of mirth / _rPeter De Vries -- _tFrom The magic Christian / _rTerry Southern -- _tFrom How to talk dirty and influence people / _rLenny Bruce -- _tThe secret vice / _rTom Wolfe -- _tThe counterfeit secret circle member gets the message, or The asp strikes again / _rJean Shepherd -- _tThe Kentucky Derby is decadent and depraved / _rHunter S. Thompson -- _tA look at organized crime / _rWoody Allen -- _tThe tax man / _rBruce Jay Friedman -- _tLetters to Einstein / _rPhilip Roth -- _tA few words about breasts / _rNora Ephron -- _tOur white heritage / _rHenry Beard, Michael O'Donoghue, George W.S. Trow -- _tBetter read than dead : a revised opinion / _rFran Lebowitz -- _tYour action line / _rCharles Portis -- _tIn the morning post / _rDonald Barthleme -- _tCurb Carter policy discord effort threat / _rVeronica Geng -- _tVacation '58 / _rJohn Hughes -- _tThe laws of cartoon motion / _rMark O'Donnell -- _tThe Tip-Top Club / _rGarrision Keillor -- _tRolled in rare Bohemian onyx, then vulcanized by hand / _rBruce McCall -- _tTough as bob war and other stuff / _rMolly Ivins -- _tCorrections / _rCalvin Trillin -- _tTips for women : how to have a relationships with a guy / _rDave Barry -- _tClinton deploys vowels to Bosnia / _rThe Onion -- _tShiftless little loafers / _rSusan Orlean -- _tGothic baseball / _rRoy Blount Jr. -- _tIf I were in charge of the networks / _rGeorge Carlin -- _tLaws concerning food and drink ; _tHousehold principles ; _tLamentations of the father / _rIan Frazier -- _tThe writer's life / _rDavid Rakoff -- _tFrom I ain't scared of you / _rBernie Mac -- _tBuddy, can you spare a tie? / _rDavid Sedaris -- _tIt's so hard / _rWanda Sykes -- _tWhat I'd say to the Martians / _rJack Handey -- _tYour three wishes : F.A.Q. / _rDavid Owen -- _tAsk the optimist! / _rGeorge Saunders -- _tAwake / _rJenny Allen -- _tThe pony problem / _rSloane Crosley -- _tIf not an apology, at least a "my bad" / _rLarry Wilmore.
520			_aReaching back to Mark Twain and forward to contemporary masters such as David Sedaris, Roy Blount, and Bernie Mac, this book is an exclusive collection of the very best American comic writing.
650		0	_aAmerican wit and humor. _911146
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