| Description |
319 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Courage classics |
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Courage classics.
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| Note |
Spine title: Short stories & tall tales. |
| Contents |
The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County -- A visit to Niagara -- Journalism in Tennessee -- A mysterious visit -- The undertaker's chat -- The danger of lying in bed -- A true story repeated word for word as I heard it -- An encounter with an interviewer -- About barbers -- The facts concering the recent carnival of crime in Connecticut -- The journals of Germany -- Playing courier -- On the decay of the art of lying -- The stolen white elephant -- TheŁ1,000,000 bank-note -- Extracts from Adam's diary -- Fenimore Cooper's literary offenses -- How to tell a story -- The man that corrupted Hadelburg -- The $30,000 bequest -- Eve's diary -- Essay / Charles Neider -- Essay / Alfred Kazin. |
| Subject |
Humorous stories, American.
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Tall tales -- United States.
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| Added Title |
Short stories. Selections
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Short stories & tall tales.
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| ISBN |
1561383236: $5.98 |
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9781561383238: $5.98 |
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