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The 13 Clocks

by James Thurber

A mixture of puns and nonsense in Thurber's distinctive style weave a story of a prince, a princess, and a fairy tale ending. By the author of The Wonderful O.

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My Life and Hard Times

by James Thurber

Widely hailed as one of the finest humorist of the twentieth century, James Thurber looks back at his own life growing up in Columbus, Ohio, with the same humor and sharp wit that defined his famous sketches and writings. In My Life and Hard times, first published in 1933, he recounts the... (learn more about this book)

The Wonderful O

by James Thurber

Confusion reigns on the island of Ooroo when the letter O is banished. By the author of The 13 Clocks. Reprint. PW.

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and Other Pieces

by James Thurber

James Thurber is universally admired for his hilarious sense of humour, off-beat imagination, and unique take on the world around him. "The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty", in which a young man's fantasies have a much more powerful hold on him than reality, is probably his best-known prose work... (learn more about this book)

Thurber

by James Thurber

"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," "The Catbird Seat," The Last Flower, Fables for Our Time, The Thirteen Clocks, My Life and Hard Times, and other stories are included along with much of Thurber's cartoon collection.

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My World and Welcome to It

by James Thurber

The world of 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. Drawings by the Author.

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Fables for Our Time and Famous Poems

by James Thurber

James Thurber has been called "one of our great American institutions' (Stanley Walker), "a magnificent satirist ( Boston Transcript ), and "a Joyce in false-face" ( New York Times ). The New York Herald Tribune submits that he is "as blithe as Benchley...as savage as Swift...surprisingly... (learn more about this book)

Secret Lives of Walter Mitty and of James Thurber (Wonderfully Illustrated Short Pieces)

by James Thurber

The WISP series (short for Wonderfully Illustrated Short Pieces) represents an ingenious marriage of two creative forces: the artistry of today's foremost children's book illustrators and the literary legacy of beloved authors of popular short works for adults. The resulting offspring of this... (learn more about this book)

The White Deer

by James Thurber

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 story of a beautiful princess, transformed from a deer, who assigns each of three princes a perilous labor to perform in order to win her hand.... (learn more about this book)

The Years with Ross

by James Thurber

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 talent, including Robert Benchley, Alexander Woolcott, Ogden Nash, Peter Arno, Charles Addams, and Dorothy Parker.  But no one could have written... (learn more about this book)