Adventures of Captain Simon Suggs
| Author | : Johnson Jones Hooper |
| Publisher | : University of Alabama Press |
| Total Pages | : 272 |
| Release | : 1993-10-30 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780817307066 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0817307060 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (060 Downloads) |
Download or read book Adventures of Captain Simon Suggs written by Johnson Jones Hooper and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 1993-10-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A series of sketches written in part to parody some the campaign literature of the era Originally published in 1845, Adventures of Captain Simon Suggs is a series of sketches written in part to parody some the campaign literature of the era. The character, Simon Suggs, with his motto, “it is good to be shifty in a new country,” fully incarnates a backwoods version of the national archetypes now know as the confidence man, the grafter, the professional flim-flam artist supremely skilled in the arts by which a man gets along in the world. This classic volume of good humor is set in the rough-and-tumble world of frontier life and politics.
