Humorists PB

<p>It is Johnson's gift that he can make his subjects human and fallible enough that we would...recognize them instantly while also illuminating what made them heroes. --<em>Washington Post Book World </em>on <em>Heroes</em></p><p>Johnson is a clear intelligent forceful writer and nothing if not thorough. --<em>Wall Street Journal</em></p><p>Paul Johnson the acclaimed author of <em>Creators</em> <em>Heroes</em> and the <em>New York Times </em>bestseller <em>Intellectuals</em> returns with a captivating collection of biographical portraits of the Western world's greatest wits and humorists. With chapters dedicated to history's sharpest tongues and most piercing pens including Benjamin Franklin Toulouse-Lautrec G.K. Chesterton Damon Runyan W.C. Fields the Marx Brothers and many more Johnson's <em>Humorists </em>is an exciting compendium of our most enduring comical and satirical innovators. </p>