Joseph H. Peck (1885–1980)
Autor/a de All about men
Sobre l'autor
Obres de Joseph H. Peck
What next, Doctor Peck! 4 exemplars
Skapningens herre 1 exemplars
Alles über die Frauen 1 exemplars
Life with women and how to survive it 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1885-08-11
- Data de defunció
- 1980
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Educació
- Ensworth Medical College
- Professions
- doctor
Membres
Ressenyes
Premis
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 12
- Membres
- 59
- Popularitat
- #280,813
- Valoració
- 3.5
- Ressenyes
- 2
- ISBN
- 4
- Llengües
- 1
So I was tripping through the library and a cover caught my eye. It was illustrated by the same person who illustrated John D. Fitzgerald ' s delightful "Papa Married a Mormon" (This and Peck's obviously didn't care about style guides). I pounced as only a desperate reader would, perused the back carefully, and decided it was worth a try.
Boy!, am I glad I did. Peck's wit is deliciously dry and his command of the English language is Twain-equse-- If Twain had been a Dr. living in 1910 Wendover Utah and allowed to talk about "Madams."
I found too much to love, not just in the humor and realism, but in the simpler times. For a Dr. then the average yearly income was 3 thousand dollars and that was decent. It wasn't like the grubbers and insurance - wranglers we have today.* The local Madam was also a hoot and hilariously accurate. Men-- read this if you want to know how to convince a woman to marry you. Hint: it has very little to do with you.
I also loved his description of a church funeral put on by the locals. Methodist high-class Easterner that he was, he had a healthy respect for all kinds (except for maybe Annie Tommy, but that is a different story) which was refreshing.
Moral of the story: If you run into a 3 dollar used version of this in decent condition... Buy it. It's worth it.
*remember I'm biased.… (més)