James Thurber
James Grover Thurber was an American cartoonist, writer, humorist, journalist, and playwright. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, and attended Ohio State University (OSU), leaving in 1918 without graduating. He spent over a year in Paris, working for the US State Department as a code clerk, and on his return to Columbus in 1920 was hired as a reporter for the Columbus Dispatch. He married his first wife, Althea Adams, in 1922. Thurber was hired by The New Yorker in early 1927, and soon became a prolific and popular contributor.
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Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold Level
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2002
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience
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1999
The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time
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1998
Prentice Hall Literature -- Gold
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1994
Thurber on crime
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1991
Prentice Hall Literature--The American Experience
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1989
Great Short Stories of the World
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1972
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
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1968
Fifty Best American Short Stories
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1965
Understanding fiction -- Second Edition
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1959
The Wonderful O
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1957
Great American Short Stories
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1957
Years With Ross
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1957
Thurber's dogs
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1955
![The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/6699609-M.jpg)
The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition
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1952
The Rinehart Book of Short Stories
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1952
The 13 Clocks
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1950
The white deer
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1945
The great Quillow
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1944
Many Moons
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1943
Short Stories from the New Yorker
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1940
Thurber Carnival
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1940
My Life and Hard Times (Rep)
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1933