American Humorists

American Humorists
George Ade, Steve Allen, Woody Allen, Steven L Anreder, Russell Baker, Robert Benchley, Ambrose Bierce, Erma Bombeck, Art Buchwald, Al Capp, Johnny Carson, Irwin B Corey, ee cummings, Finley Peter Dunne, TS Eliot, William Faulkner, Benjamin Franklin, Lewis Grizzard, Joel Chandler Harris, Bret Harte, O Henry, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Art Hoppe, Washington Irving, Vachel Lindsay, Don Marquis, Groucho Marx, HL Mencken, Gerald Nachman, Ogden Nash, George Jean Nathan, SJ Perelman, James Whitcomb Riley, Will Rogers, Leo Rosten, Damon Runyon, Morrie Ryskind, Mort Sahl, R Emmett Tyrell, Jr, Mark Twain, Artemus Ward, Diane White, Robert Yoakum

Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games. 2013.

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