Sullivan will inspire another generation of history buffs with a critical eye and a sense of humor with this great resurrection.

There seems to be many more Rapscallions than there are true heroes - and even the 'real heroes' are human and filled with 'flaws.' But as many of the other reviewers have pointed out, books of this type are a wonderful way to learn and develop insight into history. Unfortunately the material for writing cynical books about Famous Folks is endless. I was tempted to do the same with my Willy Cuppy inspired work 'Noble Notes on Famous Folks' but I didn't have the nerve. It was like old times reading 'Mostly Rapscallions' with all the silly footnotes, cynical attitudes, and accurate, though scathing, history.

Sullivan did a bang up job of bringing the old master back to life. Sullivan's book is a duplicate in style and manner of the famous Will Cuppy a comparison seems inevitable. Send us feedback about these examples.I too was inspired to read more history after picking up Will Cuppy's 'The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody.' Since Mr. These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'rapscallion.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2021 With the United Kingdom still in its eight-day national mourning period after the death of Prince Philip, John Oliver, a noted detractor of the royal family, seems to want everyone to remember one particular thing about that Windsor rapscallion. 2022 There’s tension between Thomas and Peter (voiced by James Corden), however, as the uptight novice farmer can’t bring himself to trust the rapscallion rabbit. Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Mar. 2022 The latest to do so was a special collaboration between Jean-Paul Gaultier, fashion’s greatest streetwise rapscallion, and his protégée Glenn Martens, of Y-Project and Diesel. 2022 Top Stories Not so long ago, Montana rapscallion Stu Long’s pursuit of venal success would have been sold as a redemption story. 2023 This jaunty rapscallion is one of nine built, and competed in the Mille Miglia only five days after it was delivered.

Vulture, 6 July 2022 View Photos As an out-and-out rapscallion, the quiet-riot GLI ridicules ostensibly more sporting machinery. 2023 That rapscallion Demna Gvasalia has done it again.

Recent Examples on the Web Devers’s list also includes Harlond Clift, who with a name like that couldn’t have been a ballplayer, but an actor who, oh, probably portrayed a rapscallion of a love interest for Bette Davis in a series of 1930s films.

Mostly Rapscallions by P.J. Sullivan