Modern Chivalry: Containing the Adventures of Captain John Farrago and Teague O'Reagan, His Servant

By Hugh Henry Brackenridge

Book Overview

Like Don Quixote, Sterne's Tristram Shandy, and Fielding's Tom Jones, Modern Chivalry is a tale of adventuring, episodic and exciting. Despite the author's European inspirations, it is a distinctively American book, not just because of its homespun, native characters and slapstick humor, but also because it is a narrative of journeying and questing. As it follows Captain Farrago and his sidekick on their travels, the book's premise becomes clear-that democracy as practiced in America is valuable and worthy, but that it is subject to malfunctions when tinkered with by unfit men.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742534030
• ISBN13: 9780742534032
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 335 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

"Modern Chivalry" definitely not dead!

Ordered this out of print book from GlobalBookSource last July. It arrived quickly & in good condition, but have just now gotten around to reading it. It is hilarious!! I find myself reading chapters out loud to my husband. This book really should be back in print.