Will Cuppy
| Will Cuppy | |
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August 23, 1884 Auburn, Indiana |
| Died | September 19, 1949 (aged 65) New York City |
| Occupation | Satirist, book reviewer |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Genre | Humor, satire |
| Notable works | The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody, How to Be a Hermit, How to Become Extinct, How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes, How to Attract the Wombat |
| Spouse | unmarried |
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 http://mv.ancestry.com/viewer/d7fbf270-6065-478d-b010-beee6699e5f4/5352750/-1465620075?_phsrc=wwS5&usePUBJs=true The link is to an image of Will Cuppy that appeared in Publishers Weekly in 1937. The picture is from a Bobbs-Merrill party for Marjorie Hillis, author of Orchids on Your Budget, which became the number-five nonfiction bestseller of 1937. Shown from left to right are: 1) an unidentified model dressed as "Miss R," one of the "case histories" in the book; 2) Marjorie Hillis; 3) Will Cuppy (standing); and 4) author Constance Lindsay Skinner. |
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http://mv.ancestry.com/viewer/1ade8c52-d5a4-4486-958a-f45c5494c87f/5352750/-1465620075?_phsrc=wwS5&usePUBJs=true The link is to an image of Will Cuppy that appeared on the dust jacket of the first edition of The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody. It is captioned, "One of the last photographs taken of Will Cuppy in his New York City apartment." |
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http://mv.ancestry.com/viewer/afa6c7b1-9806-4593-9007-4edf7d42a20d/5352750/-1465620075?_phsrc=wwS5&usePUBJs=true Will Cuppy discussing mystery stories on John Towner Frederick's "Of Men and Books" radio program in 1942. |
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http://earchives.lib.purdue.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/earhart&CISOPTR=3585&CISOBOX=1&REC=4 The link is to an image of a telegram from Will Cuppy received by Amelia Earhart in London on May 22, 1932, after she flew solo across the Atlantic. |
William Jacob "Will" Cuppy (August 23, 1884 – September 19, 1949) was an American humorist and literary critic, known for his satirical books about nature and historical figures.
Cuppy was born in Auburn, Indiana. He was named "Will" in memory of an older brother of his father's who died of wounds he received as a Union officer at the Civil War Battle of Fort Donelson. Cuppy's father, Thomas Jefferson Cuppy (1844–1912), was at different times a grain dealer, a seller of farm implements and a lumber buyer for the Eel River branch of the Wabash Railroad. His mother, Frances Stahl Cuppy (1855–1927), was a seamstress and worked in a small shop located next to the family home in Auburn. Young Cuppy spent summers at a farm belonging to his grandmother, Sarah Collins Cuppy (1813–1900), on the banks of the Eel River near South Whitley, Indiana. He later said that this was where he acquired his early knowledge of the natural world which he satirized in his writings.
Cuppy graduated from Auburn High School in 1902 and went on to the University of Chicago, where he received a bachelor's degree in 1907. As an undergraduate, he belonged to Phi Gamma Delta, acted in amateur theater and worked as campus reporter for several Chicago newspapers, notably the Record Herald and the Daily News. He lingered at Chicago seven more years as a graduate student in English literature. He did not show much interest in his studies, but in 1910 produced his first book, Maroon Tales, a collection of short stories about university life. In 1914 he pulled together a short master's thesis, took his degree and left for New York.
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