{"product_id":"james-thurber-writings-drawings-loa-90-hardcover","title":"James Thurber: Writings \u0026 Drawings (Loa #90) - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Thurber\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGarrison Keillor\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Thurber, whimsical fantasist and deadpan chronicler of everyday absurdities, brought American humor into the 20th century. His comic persona, a modern citydweller whose zaniest flights of free association are tinged with anxiety, remains hilarious, subtly disturbing, and instantly recognizable. Here, in over 1000 pages, editor Garrison Keillor presents the best and most extensive collection ever assembled. Over 100 pieces include \"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty\" and \"The Catbird Seat,\" the brilliantly satirical \u003ci\u003eFables for Our Time\u003c\/i\u003e, the classic \u003ci\u003eMy Life and Hard Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and the best of \u003ci\u003eThe Owl in the Attic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLet Your Mind Alone \u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMy World--And Welcome to It\u003c\/i\u003e, and the other famous books. Plus 500 wonderful drawings, including \u003ci\u003eThe Seal in the Bedroom\u003c\/i\u003e and celebrated sequences like \"The Masculine Approach\" and \"The War Between Men and Women.\" Rounding out the volume is a selection from \u003ci\u003eThe Years with Ross\u003c\/i\u003e, a memoir of the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e publisher, and a number of wonderful early pieces never collected by Thurber. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLIBRARY OF AMERICA \u003c\/b\u003eis an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Library of America and editor Garrison Keillor present the best and most extensive Thurber collection ever assembled. Only a book of this scope can do justice to Thurber's extraordinary career and to the many unexpected turns of his comic genius. Here are the acknowledged masterpieces: \"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty\", \"The Catbird Seat\", the anti-war parable The Last Flower, the brilliantly satirical Fables for Our Time, the children's classic The 13 Clocks, and My Life and Hard Times. Here too are the best pieces from The Owl in the Attic, Let Your Mind Alone!, My World - And Welcome To It, and The Beast in Me and Other Animals, and his other famous collections, including such favorites as \"The Pet Department\", \"The Black Magic of Barney Haller\", \"Nine Needles\", \"The Macbeth Murder Mystery\", and \"File and Forget\": an astonishingly diverse mix of literary parodies, eccentric portraits, stories of domestic warfare and inner terror, reminiscences both tender and farcical, extravagant feats of wordplay, freewheeling burlesques of popular culture (from detective novels to self-help fads), and exasperated protests against the mechanized impersonality of the modern world. Thurber's wonderful drawings - spontaneous creations of which he once said, \"I don't think any drawing ever took me more than three minutes\" - are here in profusion, with their population of husbands, wives, dogs, seals, and various species of Thurber's own invention. His first great cartoon collection, The Seal in the Bedroom, is presented complete, along with celebrated sequences like \"The Masculine Approach\" and \"The War Between Men and Women\" and his devastatingly straightforward illustrated versions ofonce-canonical poems such as \"Barbara Frietchie\" and \"Excelsior\". Rounding out the volume is a selection from The Years with Ross, his memoir of New Yorker publisher Harold Ross, and a number of pieces uncollected by Thurber, including a few wonderful early ones never before reprinted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Thurber\u003c\/b\u003e (1894-1961) was one of the foremost American humorists of the 20th century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGarrison Keillor \u003c\/b\u003eis the creator of \u003ci\u003eA Prairie Home Companion\u003c\/i\u003e, which he hosted for 42 years, and the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eLake Wobegon Days, The Book of Guys\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDaddy's Girl\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1024\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.67 x 8.14 x 5.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42165579448455,"sku":"9781883011222","price":42.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/9e8b4b7027f8462e34eed02d8b41716e.webp?v=1733314661","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/james-thurber-writings-drawings-loa-90-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}