Taking his cue from H. G. Wells’s Outline of History, Stewart retells episodes of American history as they might have been written by the country’s best-known authors of 1921. The Pilgrims arrive in Plymouth in the style of Main Street, the Spirit of ’75 comes in Ring Lardner’s misspelt vernacular, and the courtship of Miles Standish gets similar treatment.
A sharp literary send-up from a member of the Algonquin Round Table, best enjoyed by readers who know its targets. Download the free EPUB.