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Funny letters from famous people / edited by Charles Osgood.
Record details
- ISBN: 076791175X
- Physical Description: 228 p. ; 20 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Broadway Books, 2003.
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| Subject: | Letters. American wit and humor. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erlanger Branch | 808.86 F982L 2003 (Text) | 33126009936893 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
In an entertaining look inside the look of celebrities, the renowned broadcaster presents a series of hilarious letters from politicians, literary luminaries, performers, and other famous individuals, including Mark Twain's battle with the gas company, JFK explaining leprechauns to an Irish schoolboy, and correspondence by Flanner O'Connor, Benjamin Franklin, Bob Hope, and Oscar Wilde, among other notables. - Baker & Taylor
Presents letters from politicians, literary luminaries, performers, and other famous individuals, including Mark Twain, Flannery O'Connor, Benjamin Franklin, Bob Hope, and Oscar Wilde, among other notables. - Random House, Inc.
In this humorous collection of celebrity wit, acclaimed broadcaster and humorist Charles Osgood offers witticisms penned by luminaries ranging from Abraham Lincoln to Andy Rooney.
Known for his clever commentary and witty radio-show rhymes, Charles Osgood here selects and introduces a collection of hilarious correspondence from some of our best-loved politicians, authors, and stars of the stage and screen. Funny Letters from Famous People delivers rib-tickling communications from the likes of Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, Flannery OâConnor, S. J. Perelman, Groucho Marx, Bob Hope, John Cheever and dozens more.
Providing an entertaining look at celebrated lives, Osgood lets us glimpse Mark Twain squabbling with the gas company, Dwight D. Eisenhower kvetching to Mamie about Patton, and radio personality Fred Allen desperately seeking logic from his insurance carrier in one of comedyâs most amusing epistles.
Sprinkled throughout with Osgoodâs own humorous quips, Funny Letters from Famous People is a delightful compendium of clever letter writing at its side-splitting best.