My World - And Welcome to It (Methuen Humour Classics) - Softcover

Thurber, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0413144100 ISBN 13: 9780413144102

Publisher: Methuen, 1987

Synopsis

The world of Thurber is splendidly sampled in these thirty stories, sketches, and articles that range from the wildest comedy to the serious business of murder. Animal courtship, maids, Macbeth, baseball, sailing, marriage-all fall within Thurber s scope. Drawings by the Author.
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About this title

About the Author:

James Thurber was an American author and cartoonist best known for his illustrations and short stories published in The New Yorker magazine. Thurber attended Ohio State University, but never graduated as a result of his poor eyesight. In 1925, Thurber relocated to New York and became a reporter for the New York Evening Post. He joined the staff of The New Yorker in 1927 and began drawing cartoons in 1930. Thurber left The New Yorker in 1933 but continued to contribute regularly until 1950. Many of Thurber s famous short stories?such as The Dog that Bit People, The Night the Bird Fell, and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty have been compiled into anthologies, and his classic tale about the daydreaming everyman served as the inspiration for the 2013 film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty starring Ben Stiller and Kristen Wiig. Thurber passed away in 1961.

About this edition

• Publisher: Methuen
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0413144100
• ISBN 13: 9780413144102
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256