A Falcon book
Description
"This archy omnibus is complete with three famous Marquis titles - archy and mehitabel, archy's life of mehitabel, and archy does his part - along with the incomparable illustrations of George Herriman and now an affectionate introduction by E. B. White. . . . archy, the gay little cockroach, and mehitabel, the morally careless cat, first made their appearance in Don Marquis's Sun Dial column back in 1916-1918. . . . Perhaps the best description of Marquis's humor has been given by E. B. White: Marquis was, and is, to me a very funny man, his product rich and satisfying, full of sad beauty, bawdy adventure, political wisdom, and wild surmise, full of pain and jollity, full of exact and inspired writing.
How the series evolves
Books in this Series
the lives and times of archy & mehitabel
"This archy omnibus is complete with three famous Marquis titles - archy and mehitabel, archy's life of mehitabel, and archy does his part - along with the incomparable illustrations of George Herriman and now an affectionate introduction by E. B. White. . . . archy, the gay little cockroach, and mehitabel, the morally careless cat, first made their appearance in Don Marquis's Sun Dial column back in 1916-1918. . . . Perhaps the best description of Marquis's humor has been given by E. B. White: Marquis was, and is, to me a very funny man, his product rich and satisfying, full of sad beauty, bawdy adventure, political wisdom, and wild surmise, full of pain and jollity, full of exact and inspired writing.
Fail-safe
The question of accidental war is examined in this novel about American planes which fly past the point of recall to drop nuclear bombs on Moscow.