| People Have More Fun Than Anybody: A Centennial Celebration of Drawings and Writings by James Thurber Contributor(s): Thurber, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156002353 ISBN-13: 9780156002356 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $15.19 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1995 Annotation: In this collection, Thurber praises things canine in two marvelous tributes, muses over promises of mail sweepstakes, confesses his aversion to anything mechanical, and puzzles over the animal kingdom's curious uprisings. "Vintage Thurber . . . small masterpieces of contemporary comment".--Chicago Tribune. 75 line drawings. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - Humor |
| Dewey: 818.52 |
| LCCN: 93037922 |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 6.78" W x 9.56" (0.70 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume of previously uncollected work comprises prose pieces and drawings by the only cartoonist who could claim to draw abstract things like despair, disillusion, despondency, sorrow, lapse of memory, exile.... Seventy-five black-and-white line drawings throughout. Edited and with an Introduction by Michael J. Rosen. |
Contributor Bio(s): Thurber, James: - James Thurber (1894-1961), one of America's most renowned humorists, was a staff writer and regular contributor to the New Yorker, where his short stories, essays, and cartoons were published for over 30 years. He wrote several books for children. |