The Best of Archy and Mehitabel by Don Marquis

The Best of Archy and Mehitabel by Don Marquis

A poet in a former life, Archy has been reincarnated as a cockroach who types by diving headfirst onto a typewriter (and is famously unable to operate the shift key to produce capital letters); his side-kick Mehitabel is an alley cat who claims to have once been Cleopatra. Archy's poems irresistibly evoke Jazz Age New York - as seen from the alley; funny, wise, tender and tough, they represent the very best of American humour. Including George Herriman's whimsical illustrations and a classic introduction by novelist E.B. White, this Pocket Poet selection will make a beautiful volume, perfectly sized for its tiny hero.

Don Marquis (1878-1937) worked as a journalist in New York from 1909. In 1912 he launched his legendary column 'The Sun Dial' in the New York Evening Sun and four years later the Archy and Mehitabel poems began to appear, eventually collected into three volumes.

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ISBN 13	9781841597911
ISBN 10	1841597910
Title	The Best of Archy and Mehitabel
Author	Don Marquis
Series	Everyman's Library Pocket Poets
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Everyman
Year published	2011-09-30
Number of pages	224
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.