Cabbage and Kings
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Cabbages and Kings is a 1904 novel written by O. Henry, set in a fictitious Central American country called the Republic of Anchuria. 1] It takes its title from the poem "The Walrus and the... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
ISBN:B005KDPUJS
Release Date:January 1904
Publisher:Garden City, Doubleday, Doran & Company. New York.
Weight:1.08 lbs.
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I'm glad O Henry escaped prison
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
I am glad O Henry escaped from his Texas prison, because his period of exile in Honduras provided him with beautiful fodder for this book. Actually, it is a series of linking vignettes about a mythical town (Coralio) in the mythical Central American "Banana Republic" of Anchuria. The protagonists are American and other foreign misfits who have formed a colony along the disease ridden coast of Anchuria. Achingly funny stories populate Cabbages and Kings, especially the one about an Irish Soldier of Fortune who gets swindled by a Guatemalan general and seeks revenge. Although extremely humourous, Cabbages and Kings is historically valuable as well. It provides an accurate representation of turn-of-the-century life in Caribbean Honduras.
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