Murrow devoted more than twothirds of one of his nightly cbs programs to a reading from cuppys historical sketches, calling it the history book of the. It traces western civilization as well as the islamic and mongolian conquests from the height of the roman empire to the fall of byzantium. Id never heard of will cuppy until i found this book and while his coverage of the decline and fall of most people is often smile invoking i found the most interesting part of the decline and fall. Book cost me about 50 to 75 cents and it did pay itself off. It is a social satire that employs the authors characteristic black humour in lampooning various features of british society in the 1920s. The decline and fall of practically everybody will cuppy, fred feldkamp, william steig, thomas maeder on. The decline and fall of practically everybody by will cuppy. Editions for the decline and fall of practically everybody. At the time of his death suicide, it was still incomplete. Writing funny but factual magazine articles was cuppys real talent. Will cuppy masterfully combines historical fact with his irreverent observations of various personages. The decline and fall of europe by francesco bongiovanni.
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