| Description |
xiii, 1004 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Series |
Library of America.
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| Bibliography |
Bibliography ("Acknowledgements"): o. 993-994. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 995-1004). |
| Contents |
from Is sex necessary ; The nature of the American male -- A study of pedestalism -- The lilies and bluebird delusion -- from The owl in the attic ; Mr Monroe holds the fort -- The pet department -- The seal in the bedroom ; Women and men -- The bloodhound and the bug -- The race of life -- Miscellany -- The bloodhound and the hare -- Tennis -- Parties -- The collapse of civilization -- My life and hard times ; Preface to a life -- The night the bed fell -- The car we to push -- The day the dam broke -- The night the ghost got in -- More alarms at night -- A sequence of servants -- The dog that bit people -- University days -- Draft board nights -- A note at the end -- from The middle-aged man on the flying trapeze ; The departure of Emma Inch -- There's an owl in my room -- The topaz cufflinks mystery -- A preface to dogs -- The private life of Mr. Bidwell -- Mr. Preble gets rid of his wife -- A portrait of Aunt Ida -- The luck of Jad Peters -- I went to Sullivant -- If Grant had been drinking at Appomattox -- How to see a bad play -- The funniest manyou ever saw -- The black magic of Barney Haller -- Something to say -- Snapshot of a dog -- The evening's at seven -- The greatest man in the world -- One is a wanderer -- A box to hide in -- from Let your mind alone! -- Pythagoras and the ladder -- Destructive forces in life -- The case for the daydreamer -- A dozen disciplines -- How to adjust yourself to your work -- Anodynes for anxieties -- The conscious vs. the unconscious -- Sex ex machina -- Sample intelligence test -- Miscellaneous mentation -- The breaking up of the winships -- Nine needles -- A couple of hamburgers -- Aisle seats in the mind -- Mrs. Phelps -- Wild bird Hickok and his friends -- Doc Marlowe -- The admiral on the wheel -- The last flower -- from Fables for our time ; Famous poems illustrated ; The mouse who went to the country -- The little girl and the wolf -- The two turkeys -- The tiger who understood people -- The fairly intelligent fly -- The lion who wanted to zoom -- The very proper gander -- The moth and the star -- The shrike and the chipmunks -- The seal who became famous -- The hunter and the ellephant -- The Scotty who knew too much -- The bear who let it alone -- The owl who was God -- The sheep in wolf's clothing -- The stork who married a dumb wife -- The green isle in the sea -- The crow and the oriole -- The elephant who challenged the world -- The bird and the foxes -- The courtship of Arthur and Al -- The hen who wouldn't fly -- The glass in the field -- The tortoise and the hare -- The patient bloodhound -- The unicorn in the garden -- The rabbits who caused all the trouble -- The hen and the heavens -- Excelsior -- Lochinvar -- Curfew must not ring to-night -- Barbara Frietchie -- from My world -- and welcome to it ; The whip-poor-will -- The Macbeth murder mystery -- The man who hated Moonbaum -- The secret life of Walter Mitty -- Interview with a Lemming -- You could look it up -- The gentleman in 916 -- The letters of James Thurber -- Here lies Miss Groby -- A ride with Olympy -- from Men, women and dogs ; Selected cartoons -- The masculine approach -- The war between men and women -- from The Thurber carnival -- The catbired seat -- The cane in the corridor -- from The beast in me and other animals ; The princess and the tin box -- The lady on the bookcase -- A call on Mrs. Forrester -- A new natural history -- The 13 clocks -- from The Thurber album ; Daguerreotype of a lady -- Lavender with a difference -- from Thurber country ; File and forget -- Do you want to make something out of it? -- A final note on Chanda Bell -- Teacher's pet -- from Thurber's dogs -- from Further fables for our time ; The bluebird and his brother -- The lover and his lass -- The bacherlor penguin and the virtuous mate -- The peacelike Mongoose -- The trial of the old watchdog -- from Alarms and diversions -- The first time I saw Paris -- from The years with Ross -- A dime a dozen -- The first years -- Every Tuesday afternoon -- The talk of the town -- Miracle men -- Sex is an incident -- Uncollected pieces ; An American romance -- A vist from St. Nicholas -- Tom the young kidnapper, or, pay up and live -- How to relax while broadcasting -- E.B.W. -- from I believe -- I break everything I touch. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor, Pictorial.
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| ISBN |
1883011221 |
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