A House Boat on the Styx Contributor(s): Bangs, John Kendrick (Author), Newell, Peter (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1417938145 ISBN-13: 9781417938148 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $24.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2004 Annotation: 1895. Illustrated. Bangs wrote mostly comic satirical fiction and is immortalized by the term Bangsian, which refers to a fantasy set in the afterlife, usually involving famous dead folk as the characters. Contents: Charon Makes a Discovery; A Disputed Authorship; Washington Gives a Dinner; Hamlet Makes a Suggestion; The House Committee Discuss the Poets; Some Theories, Darwinian and Otherwise; A Discussion as to Ladies' Day; A Discontented Shade; As to Cookery and Sculpture; Storytellers' Night; As to Saurians and Others; and The Houseboat Disappears. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. |
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BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Fantasy - General - Fiction | Satire |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6" W x 9" (0.64 lbs) 192 pages |
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