You may have heard of Captain Billy's Whiz Bang from the musical lyrics of "The Music Man", now find out why the kids of River City told jokes from this hilarious slice of Americana Written by Captain Billy Fawcett, a veteran of the Spanish-American War and World War I, this complete facsimile edition of the April 1921 issue of Captain Billy's Whiz Bang featuring a collection of humorous prose, poetry, and essays on the carefree life was the racy magazine for libertines in its day. With jokes littered with the situations, slang, and bigotries of the day, this book serves as a fascinating time capsule of what great great grandpa's world was like. Entertaining and educational, Captain Billy's Whiz Bang is a lively piece of pop culture history, living up to both its masthead description as "America's Magazine of Wit, Humor, and Filosophy" and its cover motto, "Explosion of Pedigreed Bunk."