This entertaining, informative collection covers the best of American satire--from Ben Franklin's cutting satiric attacks to Nathaniel Hawthorne's
Celestial Railroad, Calvin Trillin's
Old Marrieds, Mark Twain's
American Abroad to P.J. O'Rourke's
The Innocents Abroad--Updated, a late 20th-century take on Twain's classic piece. "Entertaining and satisfying...An excellent introduction."--
Amazon.com.