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Society as I Have Found It

Society as I Have Found It

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Number of Chapters: 28

Length: 06 hours and 14 minutes

Language: English

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. (Summary by Wikipedia and John Greenman)

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Introduction and Author's Note (John Greenman)
CHAPTER I. - Society as I have Found It. - MY FAMILY. (John Greenman)
CHAPTER II. - LAW AND HOUSEKEEPING. (John Greenman)
CHAPTER III. - INTRODUCTION TO LONDON SPORTS. (John Greenman)
CHAPTER IV. - A WINTER IN ITALY. (John Greenman)
CHAPTER V. - GERMANY AND THE ALPS. (John Greenman)
CHAPTER VI. - WINTER IN PAU. (John Greenman)
CHAPTER VII. - HOME AGAIN. (John Greenman)
CHAPTER VIII. - MERRYMAKING IN THE SOUTH. (John Greenman)
CHAPTER IX. - LIFE AT NEWPORT. (John Greenman)
CHAPTER X. - SOCIETY’S LEADERS. (John Greenman)
CHAPTER XI. - DELIGHTS OF COUNTRY LIFE. (John Greenman)
CHAPTER XII. - FASHIONABLE PEOPLE. (John Greenman)
CHAPTER XIII. - COTILLIONS IN DOORS AND OUT. (John Greenman)
CHAPTER XIV. - AN ERA OF GREAT EXTRAVAGANCE. (John Greenman)
CHAPTER XV. - ON THE BOX SEAT AT NEWPORT. (John Greenman)
CHAPTER XVI. - SOCIAL UNITY. (John Greenman)
CHAPTER XVII. - A GOLDEN AGE OF FEASTING. (John Greenman)
CHAPTER XVIII. - ENTERING SOCIETY. (John Greenman)
CHAPTER XIX. - ENTERTAINING. (John Greenman)
CHAPTER XX. - MADEIRAS. (John Greenman)
CHAPTER XXI. - CHAMPAGNES AND OTHER WINES. (John Greenman)
CHAPTER XXII. - DINNERS. (John Greenman)
CHAPTER XXIII. - COOKS AND CATERING. (John Greenman)
CHAPTER XXIV. - BALLS. (John Greenman)
CHAPTER XXV. - FAMOUS NEWPORT BALLS. (John Greenman)
CHAPTER XXVI. - AN ERA OF EXTRAVAGANCE. (John Greenman)
CHAPTER XXVII. - WASHINGTON DINNERS AND NEW YORK BALLS. (John Greenman)
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