Society as I Have Found It by Ward McAllister ~ Full Audiobook [biography]

Society as I Have Found It by Ward McAllister audiobook.

Genre: biography

Mark Twain illustrator Dan Beard recalled discussing McAllister’s book with Twain. “It was before Webster & Company failed that Ward McAllister’s book (Society as I have Found It) appeared, and when he (Twain) sauntered into my studio one day, I said:

‘Mr. Clemens, have you read Ward McAllister’s book?’

‘Yes; have you?’ he replied.

‘Indeed, I have. I have read it through several times, and intend to read it again. It is one of the most humorous books I ever read.’

‘That’s so,’ said Mark, ‘that’s so. Now, I will tell you something. I spent three months writing a satire on that book of Ward McAllister’s. And when I got through, I again read McAllister’s book, and then my satire, and then tore the blamed thing up. Some things are complete in themselves and cannot be improved upon, and I take off my hat to Mr. McAllister.’” (ref. A Bibliography of the Work of Mark Twain by Merle Johnson)

Wikipedia says: 'McAllister's downfall came when he published a book of memoirs entitled Society as I Have Found It in 1890. The book, and his hunger for media attention, did little to endear him to the old guard, who valued their privacy in an era when millionaires were the equivalent of modern movie stars.'

N.B. - NOT included in this recording is the author's extensive collection of period stationery, found at the end of the book.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:01:31) Chapter 01

(00:10:04) Chapter 02

(00:29:36) Chapter 03

(00:37:36) Chapter 04

(00:50:18) Chapter 05

(00:59:45) Chapter 06

(01:11:40) Chapter 07

(01:22:02) Chapter 08

(01:39:43) Chapter 09

(01:55:37) Chapter 10

(02:12:35) Chapter 11

(02:28:09) Chapter 12

(02:37:45) Chapter 13

(02:53:02) Chapter 14

(03:03:10) Chapter 15

(03:18:19) Chapter 16

(03:31:45) Chapter 17

(03:51:33) Chapter 18

(04:09:12) Chapter 19

(04:22:22) Chapter 20

(04:33:02) Chapter 21

(04:45:29) Chapter 22

(04:59:18) Chapter 23

(05:17:15) Chapter 24

(05:28:53) Chapter 25

(05:40:28) Chapter 26

(05:57:09) Chapter 27

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