The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody
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Written by W. Cuppy
Cuppy's best-known work, a satire on history called The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody, was unfinished when he died. Its humor ranges from the silliness of the remark that, when the Nile floods receded, the land, as far as the eye can see, is "covered by Egyptologists", to the detailed dissection, quotation, and parody, in the chapter on Alexander the Great, of the picture of Alexander as an idealist for world peace.
The Decline and Fall was completed and published in 1950 by Fred Feldkamp, who sifted through nearly 15,000 of Cuppy's carefully-filed note cards to get the book into print within a year of his friend's death.
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i can order it in dutch. but found it myself in a 2nd hand book store.
and its really really great book. Lots of famous ancient people that are put in their pants. Very sarcastic and yet very much to learn about.
(he wrote for example about peter the great: he lived more friendy after this, he killed 50% less people)
no problem, i always hope sort of things to find here. i know you gona love it, it was about the same with me, when i saw the title i KNEW it was a great book. Hope you like it as much!
oh cool you actually bought it! hope you like it very much!
Let me know what you think aswell, Precip. I may buy it also!!
MONTEZUMA II was Emperor of the Aztecs, and the Aztecs were
Indians who lived in Tenochtitlan, or Mexico City. No, they
were not the same as the Incas. They had their faults, but they
were not Incas.1
And the Mayas were something else again. They lived in Yuca
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1 The Aztecs had sweat houses, called Temascal. They would crawlinto them and sweat.
yeah let us know ;) its been a while now
I want to read this :( I am going to add it to my reading list!
and did you read it ?
I did not when I went to the book story they didnt have it. They had something similar, I guess it was a different edition. But I'm sure you can lend it to me........Ah! thank God for e-bay! Now I have something to read on the plane.