Will Cuppy is one of the greatest humorists this country has produced and is still (despite eleven printings of his imperishable The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody) too little known. Here is one of his three classic «How-To's,» considering notable birds and animals whose habits (and often existence) seem to have disturbed Cuppy («Birds Who Can't Even Fly,» «Optional Insects,» «Octopuses and Those Things»), as well as more mundane creatures like the frog, the gnat, and the...
Will Cuppy (author of [i]The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody and one of the great American humorists of the 20th century) here considers notable birds and animals whose habits (and often existence) disturbed him («Birds Who Can't Even Fly,» «Optional Insects,» «Octopuses and Those Things»), as well as more mundane creatures like the frog, the gnat, and the moa, who have no visible vices but whose virtues are truly awful. Spanning the breadth of the animal kingdom, Cuppy neatly...
When it was first published in 1950 The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody was on the New York Times best-seller list for four months. An hysterically funny (yet historically accurate) romp through world history by a great American humourist and raconteur.
