In 32 entertaining chapters, humorist and master storyteller Spalding introduces a wide range of colorful characters from the Jewish past and present.

Contains humorous articles, stories, and poems which characterize the life of the Black man in America since the time of slavery.

An outrageously funny collection of anecdotes, jokes, one liners, and limericks."--"Los Angeles Times."

This entertaining collection of anecdotes, short stories, play excerpts, jokes, quips, and proverbs covers 2,500 years of Italian wit and wisdom. Spalding has combed Italian literature, from ancient Rome to present-day America, in search of the best folklore and humor written by and about the Italian people.