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The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade

Book Description
A scathing, razor-sharp satire set on a New Orleans-bound riverboat, The Confidence-Man exposes the fraudulent optimism of so many American idols and idealists--Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and P.T. Barnum, in particular--and draws a dark vision of a country being swallowed by its illusions of progress. It begins with a mute boarding a Mississippi boat and ends without a conclusion: "... More
Book Information
PublisherDalkey Archive Press
BindingPaperback (61 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages355
ISBN-10B00FY5RSC4
Publication Date02/28/2007
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About Herman Melville (Author) : Herman Melville was a published author and an editor of children's books. Some of the published credits of Herman Melville include Moby-Dick: New Edition (Everyman's Library (Paper)), Moby Dick, Typee... more
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About H. Bruce Franklin (Editor) : H. Bruce Franklin is credited in young adult books. A published credit of H. Bruce Franklin is Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations... more
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About Daniel Handler (Preface) : Daniel Handler is a published author and an illustrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Daniel Handler include The Lump of Coal, The Basic Eight: A Novel, The Basic Eight.
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