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Make ’em laugh! : American humorists of the 20th and 21st centuries / Zeke Jarvis, editor.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978–1–4408–2994–9 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978–1–4408–2995–6 (ebook)

1. Humorists, American—20th century—Biography—Dictionaries. 2. Humorists, American—21st century—Biography—Dictionaries. 3. Authors, American—20th century—Biography—Dictionaries. 4. Authors, American—21st century—Biography—Dictionaries. 5. Comedians—United States—Biography—Dictionaries. I. Jarvis, Zeke, editor.

PS430.M36 2015

817′.509—dc23 [B]     2014040154

ISBN: 978–1–4408–2994–9

EISBN: 978–1–4408–2995–6

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