Humorists

It is Johnsons gift that he can make his subjects human and fallible enough that we wouldrecognize them instantly, while also illuminating what made them heroes. Washington Post Book World on HeroesJohnson is a clear, intelligent, forceful writer, and nothing if not thorough. Wall Street JournalPaul Johnson, the acclaimed author of Creators, Heroes, and the New York Times bestseller Intellectuals, returns with a captivating collection of biographical portraits of the Western worlds greatest wits and humorists. With chapters dedicated to historys 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, Johnsons Humorists is an exciting compendium of our most enduring comical and satirical innovators.