Books by James Thurber

Relates what happened when an evil sea captain banished the letter O from the island Ooroo.

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A collection of zany stories and drawings by one of America's greatest satirists.

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At the helm of America's most influential literary magazine for more than half a century, Harold Ross introduced the country to a host of exciting ... More

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The world of Thurber is splendidly sampled in these thirty stories, sketches, and articles that range from the wildest comedy to the serious business ... More

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Thurber's humorous tale which won the 1944 Caldecott Medal, with new illustrations by another Caldecott-winner. Poor, sick Princess Lenore wants the ... More

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"This is a New York Review book"--T.p. verso.

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He narrates in bewildered deadpan the eccentric goings on of his family and the town beyond. It is a world with its own logic, full of the absurd ... More

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>(JS-12/92)

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, a classic short story! This title features historical and illustrative photos, as well as brief author biography and ... More

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The first book of prose published by either James Thurber or E. B. White, Is Sex Necessary? combines the humor and genius of both authors to examine ... More

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James Thurber, American humourist, was not a man to shrink from danger - as long as he was safely ensconced behind his typewriter or drawing board. ... More

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Here is a Thurber world of enchanted deer and seven-headed dragons, of wizards and witches, of riddles and spells, of false love and true. It is the ... More

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Originally published in November 1939, two months after World War II officially began, James Thurber's parable in picture--a graphic novel ahead of ... More

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Darker in tone than "My Life and Hard Times", "The Middle-Aged Man" draws on Thurber's troubled marriage for material. The humor is ridden with ... More

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"These tiny stories, in which a wide variety of animals show us how human we really are, are completely uproarious."-- "Saturday Review of Literature ... More

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Spoofs on figures of the age and old fictional standbys. Thurber continues his fabling in these parodies of Aesop.

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Now back in print, this classic collection for anyone attached to dogs, whether by leashes or other ties, is alive with the wry humor of James ... More

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An illustrated fable for grown-ups, "The Last Flower" tells the story of what survives World War XII--a man, a woman, and one flower. Thurber's ... More

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