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The ferryman of the Styx, Charon, is in a foul temper. All of the sudden he seems to have competition upon the waters coursing between Life and Death -- for here is a beautiful, spacious houseboat on his river!
"Ahoy!" calls a shade from the strange boat. "The House Committee wants to see you, Charon!"
"And who is this committee?" answers the irritated ferryman.
"Why, Sir Walter Raleigh, Cassius, Demosthenes, Blackstone, Doctor Johnson, and Confucius, of course!"
John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) has earned comparison with Mark Twain and L. Frank Baum for his humorous fantasies, most notably A Houseboat on the Styx -- a trip into the Underworld where the giants of civilization still hold forth!
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About the Author:
John Kendrick Bangs (1862 - 1922) was an American author, humorist, editor and satirist. He was born in Yonkers, New York. His father Francis Nehemiah Bangs was a lawyer in New York City, as was his brother, Francis S. Bangs. He went to Columbia College from 1880 to 1883 where he became editor of Columbia's literary magazine, Acta Columbia and contributed short anonymous pieces to humor magazines. After graduation in 1883 with a Bachelor of Philosophy degree in Political Science, Bangs entered Columbia Law School but left in 1884 to become Associate Editor of Life under Edward S. Martin. Bangs contributed many articles and poems to the magazine between 1884 and 1888. During this period, Bangs published his first books. --Wikipedia
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- PublisherAmereon Ltd
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0891906258
- ISBN 13 9780891906254
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages180
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