James Thurber
Author
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Description
As James Thurber writes in his preface, "This book contains a selection of the stories and drawings the old boy did in his prime, a period which extended roughly from the year Lindbergh flew the Atlantic to the day coffee was rationed. He presents this to his readers with his sincere best wishes for a happy new world." The Thurber Carnival, which the Saturday Review called "one of the absolutely essential books of our time," was a phenomenal bestseller...
Author
Pub. Date
1959
Edition
[1st ed.]
Physical Desc
310 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
From twentieth century humorist James Thurber, a celebrated and poignant memoir about his years at The New Yorker with the unforgettable Harold Ross. With a Foreword by Adam Gopnik and illustrations by James Thurber.
"If you get Ross down on paper," warned Wolcott Gibbs to Thurber," nobody will ever believe it" But readers of this unforgettable memoir will find that they do At the helm of America's most influential literary magazine for more than...
Author
Pub. Date
1942
Physical Desc
310 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The world of James Thurber is splendidly sampled in these thirty stories, sketches, and articles that range from the wildest comedy to the serious business of murder. Animal courtship, maids, Macbeth, baseball, sailing, marriage-all fall within Thurber's scope of wit and humor.
Author
Pub. Date
1957
Physical Desc
72 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The Wonderful O tells of a man named Black who despised the letter "O." He deleted it from his language and omitted it from his words. Opals, moonstones, owls, and oaks could not possibly be his items of choice. Instead, he preferred emeralds, rubies, sapphires, and maps since they contained not a single "O" among them. Soon he wanted his entire village to omit the letter "O," but the villagers found words they would not do without-words such as...
6) Many moons
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Though many try, only the court jester is able to fulfill Princess Lenore's wish for the moon.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Watch the classic story by James Thurber, about a daydreamer who escapes his anonymous life by disappearing into a world of fantasies filled with heroism, romance, and action. When his job along with that of his co-worker are threatened, Walter takes action in the real world embarking on a global journey that turns into an adventure more extraordinary than anything he could have ever imagined.
11) Thurber on crime
Author
Pub. Date
1991
Physical Desc
xv, 208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Blu-ray disc ; Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Watch the classic story by James Thurber, about a daydreamer who escapes his anonymous life by disappearing into a world of fantasies filled with heroism, romance, and action. When his job along with that of his co-worker are threatened, Walter takes action in the real world embarking on a global journey that turns into an adventure more extraordinary than anything he could have ever imagined.
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Company
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A mild-mannered mouse who imagines himself to be a number of daredevil heroes in the whimsical adaptation of James Thurber's short story. It's a fantasy tale the entire family.