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How to tell your friends from the apes / Will Cuppy ; introduction by P.G. Wodehouse ; illustrated by Jacks.

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Format:: Book
Author/Creator:: Cuppy, Will, 1884-1949
Contributor:: Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Series:: Nonpareil book
Language:: English
Subjects (All):: Animals--Humor.; Animals.
Genre:: Humor.
Penn Provenance:: Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)
Physical Description:: xv, 140 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Place of Publication:: Boston : David R. Godine, 2005.
Summary:: 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 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. 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.
Contents:: Memoirs of the Jukes Family, or Where We Come In; The Java Man 5; The Peking Man 7; The Piltdown Man 9; The Heidelberg Man 11; The Neanderthal Man 13; The Cro-Magnon Man 15; The Modern Man 17; How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes, or A Monkey a Day; The Chimpanzee 21; The Gorilla 23; The Orang-utan 25; The Gibbon 27; The Baboon 29; The Howling Monkey 31; The Lemur 33; What I Hate About Spring 35; Return of the Birds; The Robin 41; The Wren 43; The Cuckoo 45; The Booby 47; The Nightingale 49; The Crow 51; The Stork 53; Perfectly Damnable Birds; The Great Bustard 57; The Owl 59; The Love Bird 61; The Hen 63; The Rooster 65; The Canary 67; Birds I Could Do Without; The Pewee 71; The Common Babbler 73; The Nuthatch 75; The Loon 77; The Water Ouzel 79; The Flamingo 81; Farewell to Birds; The Parrot 85; The Penguin 87; The Woodpecker 89; The Dotterel 91; The Sparrow 93; The Hummingbird 95; Wild Beasts I Have Met 97; Mammals You Ought to Know, or Why Be a Rhinoceros?; The Lion 105; The Tiger 107; The Elephant 109; The Rhinoceros 111; The Hippopotamus 113; The Giraffe 115; Fair to Medium Mammals; The Polar Bear 119; The Beaver 121; The Gnu 123; The Whale 125; The Zebra 127; Awful Mammals; The Duck-Billed Platypus 131; The Sloth 133; The Hyena 135; The Bat 137; The Aard-vark 139.
Notes:: Originally published: New York : Liveright, 1931.
ISBN:: 156792297X; 9781567922974; 1567921566; 9781567921564
OCLC:: 57682439

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How to tell your friends from the apes / Will Cuppy ; introduction by P.G. Wodehouse ; illustrated by Jacks.

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