Around the World with Auntie Mame Patrick Dennis 1958 HC 1st Ed. Book #2 Humor

Description: **** VERY GOOD CONDITION ADULT OWNED / SMOKE FREE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE INQUIRE Around the World with Auntie Mame Patrick Dennis 1958 HC 1st Ed. Book #2 Humor - R9 Around The World With Auntie Mame is a travel memoir written by Edward Everett Tanner III. The book follows the author's journey around the world with his eccentric and flamboyant Auntie Mame, who is a wealthy and adventurous woman. The two embark on a series of adventures, visiting exotic locations and meeting fascinating people along the way. The book is filled with humor, wit, and insightful observations about the places they visit and the people they encounter. Tanner's writing style is engaging and entertaining, making this book a delightful read for anyone who enjoys travel memoirs and stories about unique characters. Overall, Around The World With Auntie Mame is a charming and entertaining book that will transport readers to far-off lands and introduce them to unforgettable characters. With a wit as sharp as a vodka stinger and a heart as free as her spirit, Auntie Mame burst onto the literary scene in 1955--and today remains one of the most unforgettable characters in contemporary fiction. Wildly successful when it was first published in 1955, Patrick Dennis Auntie Mame sold over two million copies and stayed put on the New York Times bestseller list for 112 weeks. It was made into a play, a Broadway and a Hollywood musical, and a fabulous movie starring Rosalind Russell. Since then, Mame has taken her rightful place in the pantheon of Great and Important People as the worlds most beloved, madcap, devastatingly sophisticated, and glamorous aunt. She is impossible to resist, and this hilarious story of an orphaned ten-year-old boy sent to live with his aunt is as delicious a read in the twenty-first century as it was in the 1950s. Follow the rollicking adventures of this unflappable flapper as seen through the wide eyes of her young, impressionable nephew and discover anew or for the first time why Mame has made the world a more wonderful place. Patrick Dennis (1921-1976) was born Edward Everett Tanner III in Chicago. In World War II he was wounded twice while serving as an ambulance driver in the American Field Service. After the war he moved to New York and began writing comic novels. Auntie Mame, the story of an orphan who comes to Manhattan to live with his eccentric aunt, was the best-selling book of 1955. It became a Broadway play and movie starring Rosalind Russell and a musical (Mame) starring Angela Lansbury. In 1961 he wrote the camp classic Little Me, a movie star memoir parody, with photographs. After twelve novels as Patrick Dennis and four as Virginia Rowans, he retired from writing in 1971 and became a butler to the wealthy. He was working in Chicago for McDonalds founder Ray Kroc when he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and returned home to his wife Louise and their two children. Dimensions: 8.25" x 5.75" x 1.25" Light rubbing/roughing on covers (see pics) Stain rear cover (see pic) Personalized inside edge sheet (see pic) Thanks For Viewing :) ..ooOO PLEASE SEE MY OTHER ITEMS FOR SHIPPING DISCOUNTS OOoo.. * INSURANCE (OPTIONAL) PLEASE INQUIRE * _gsrx_vers_1608 (GS 9.5 (1608))

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