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Emperor of America by Richard Condon

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Emperor of America Information
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For the self-proclaimed Emperor of the United States, Joshua Norton, see Emperor of the United...


News and Journals
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Risk Management
America's Emperor.(personal narratives of Joshua Norton)
09/01/2007: 862 words, approx. 3 pages
It was Abraham Lincoln who said, "Nearly all men can withstand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." Few exemplified this more than a strange contemporary of Lincoln who was, in a way, a living embodiment of...
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The Boston Globe
America's 'emperor' And His Zany Adventures
02/06/1990: 585 words, approx. 2 pages
EMPEROR OF AMERICA By Richard Condon Simon & Schuster, 300 pages, $19.95 During the Watergate era, someone - Art Buchwald perhaps -- complained that it was becoming impossible to write satire because events kept outdoing anything a satirist could come up with....
 


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Critical Review by Ray Blount Jr.
1,072 words, approx. 4 pages
In the review below, Blount finds Emperor of America not representative of Condon's usual fiction.
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Critical Review by Herbert Mitgang
841 words, approx. 3 pages
In the following review, Mitgang reviews Condon's strong political opinions in Emperor of America, "even if they come across like rabbit punches."
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Critical Review by Carolyn See
766 words, approx. 3 pages
In the following review, See faults Emperor of America for its lack of genuine satire, claiming the novel "is funny as a crutch."
 


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Emperor of America by Richard Condon

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