| Description |
vii, 280 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm |
| Note |
"Humor, heartwarming stories & dramatic tales"--Cover. |
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"Volume 3"--Dust jacket. |
| Contents |
When does education stop? / James A. Michener -- The Undelivered letter / Fulton Oursler -- Code of the Navajo / Bruce Watson -- The Husband who vanished / Joseph P. Blank -- Sit, stay, whoa! / P.J. O'Rourke -- A Soldier's last bedtime story / Kenneth Miller -- "Don't go away! I'm alive!" / Joe Austell Small -- Surviving whole foods / Kelly MacLean -- The lady and the gangsters / Lester Velie -- Back to the wild / Matthew Shaer -- I can't find my apron strings / Louise Dickenson Rich -- "They'll never find us" / Margot McWilliams -- Overtaken by joy / Ardis Whitman -- Tunnel to Freedom / Paul Brickhill -- The Reader's Digest complete guide to witticisms, quips, retorts, rejoinders and pithy replies for every occasion / Reader's Digest editors -- How to stop smoking / Herbert Brean -- A Dog's life / Nick Trout -- Oak Island's mysterious "money pit" / David MacDonald -- Letter to Olivia / Mel Allen -- "I get a lot more than I give" / Bob Hope -- The secret life of Walter Mitty / James Thurber -- With wit and wisdom / Hedwig Gafga and Burkhard Weitz -- An Alcoholic's letter to his son / Anonymous -- I confess / Derek Burnett -- A Family discovers it's rare gift / Sarah Gray -- Are you missing the best thing in life? / Norman Vincent Peale -- Terror in room 73 / Sheldon Kelly -- Strange encounter on Coho Creek / Morris Homer Erwin -- An Open letter to America's students / Dwight D. Eisenhower -- Leave 'em laughing! / Lizz Winstead A Fight for life at 35,000 feet / Per Ola and Emily D'Aulaire -- Miniature golf to the rescue / Elmer Davis -- "I think we've lost them" / Michael Cabbage and William Harwood -- My dog reviews the furniture / Andy Simmons -- Why I remain a negro / Walter White -- If life is a bowl of cherries - what am I doing in the pits? / Erma Bombeck -- Footprints in the snow / Ty Gagne. |
| Summary |
"This collection showcases nearly forty timeless stories that make you feel deeply and stick with you, along with cartoons, jokes, and readers' warm and funny true anecdotes"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
American essays.
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American wit and humor.
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| Genre |
Humor.
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| Added Author |
Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-1997.
When does education stop?
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Oursler, Fulton, 1893-1952.
Undelivered letter.
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Watson, Bruce, 1929-
Code of the Navajo.
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Blank, Joseph P.
Husband who vanished.
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O'Rourke, P. J.
Sit, stay, whoa!
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Miller, Kenneth.
Soldier's last bedtime story.
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Small, Joe Austell.
"Don't go away! I'm alive!"
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MacLean, Kelly.
Surviving Whole Foods.
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Velie, Lester.
Lady and the gangsters.
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Shaer, Matthew, 1981-
Back to the wild.
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Reader's Digest Association, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781621458401 hc. |
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