How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes

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David R. Godine Publisher, 2005 - 140 pages
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A survey of life on earth, in all its variety and pagentry, by a very annoyed humorist.

From early man, the Neanderthal, Cro-Magnon, to irascible observations on mankind and the animal kingdom today (including "Birds I Could Do Without"), Will Cuppy, a perennially perturbed hermit, is your guide in these are very funny essays.

For eight years, from 1921 to 1929, Will Cuppy lived alone on Jones Island, off Long Island's South Shore. From that outpost, he gained a reputation for his factual but funny magazine articles and wrote the book, How to be a Hermit, his first bestseller. His last, The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody, was left unfinished after Cuppy's death in 1949 and has become a classic of American humor. In between (among other titles) was this very funny collection. First published in 1931, the subjects include "What I Hate About Spring," "Awful Mammals," and "Why Be a Rhinoceros?" Great for anyone who loves classic American humor.

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Avis d'utilisateur  - Devil_llama - LibraryThing

An amusing, if somewhat dated, book of animal humor. (I say dated because this pre-dates the time that Piltdown Man was recognized as a fake, and includes it as a serious contender in human origins ... Consulter l'avis complet

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Avis d'utilisateur  - quantum_flapdoodle - LibraryThing

An amusing, if somewhat dated, book of animal humor. (I say dated because this pre-dates the time that Piltdown Man was recognized as a fake, and includes it as a serious contender in human origins ... Consulter l'avis complet

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Page 99 - Goldsmith's abridgement is better than that of Lucius Florus or Eutropius ; and I will venture to say that if you compare him with Vertot, in the same places of the Roman History, you will find that he excels Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling and of saying everything he has to say in a pleasing manner. He is now writing a Natural History, and will make it as entertaining as a Persian Tale.‎
Cité dans 184 livres de 1807 à 2008
Page 99 - Distress drove Goldsmith upon undertakings neither congenial with his studies, nor worthy of his talents. I remember him, when in his chamber in the Temple, he showed me the beginning of his Animated Nature ; it was with a sigh, such as genius draws when hard necessity diverts it from its bent to drudge for bread, and talk of birds and beasts and creeping things, which Pidcock's showman would have done as well.‎
Cité dans 51 livres de 1806 à 2005
Page 9 - ... and the Ch'ing Dynasty and the Sung Dynasty and he wrote no short poems stating that he got drunk and went out in a canoe and fell in. He had no imports and exports but he had fauna and flora. The Pekin Man was fond of overpopulation. We do not know whether he was religious or promiscuous or both. THE PILTDOWN MAN The Piltdown Man was called the Dawn Man, or Barmy Ned, because he was found in Great Britain. He was a great help because he left crude flint implements. These were used for making...‎
Cité dans 6 livres de 1941 à 2005
Page 5 - Docs that remind you of anyone? His Broca's area was low. He could say that the evenings were drawing in and times were hard and his feet hurt. The spiritual life of the Java Man was low because he was only a beginner. He was just a child at heart and was perfectly satisfied with his polygamy, polygyny, polyandry, endogamy, exogamy, and totemism. How he ever became extinct is beyond me. The Java Man has been called the Missing Link by those who should know.‎
Cité dans 6 livres de 1934 à 2005
Page 9 - ... Man had little to do. His skull is in small pieces which can be fitted together in various ways after choosing sides. This is called Badminton. The Piltdown Man had aspidistras, delphiniums, and sinus trouble. Already he was aiming at the stars and missing them. The manubrium indicates self-control but very little to control. The Piltdown Man had no chin and was rather toothy. It seems incredible that he had a private life, but those are just the ones who do. The young took after their parents....‎
Cité dans 5 livres de 1886 à 2005

À propos de l'auteur (2005)

Will Cuppynbsp;was a literary critic and humorist, known for his funny and satirical articles and books about nature and history. nbsp;He wrote for The New Yorker and other magazines, and his articles have been collected into books that are both amusing and factual. nbsp;

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TitreHow to Tell Your Friends from the Apes
Nonpareil book
AuteurWill Cuppy
Éditionillustrée, réimprimée
ÉditeurDavid R. Godine Publisher, 2005
ISBN156792297X, 9781567922974
Longueur140 pages
  
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