James Thurber

December 8, 1894 to November 2, 1961

Born in Columbus, Ohio & Died in New York City

Writer and cartoonist who was associated with The New Yorker for most of his career. Creator of Walter Mitty.

Quote

"There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else."

Off-Site Resource

Extended Essay On James Thurber From The Website Of The Thurber House

Bibliography (Please use the comment function to politely send corrections and additions.)

Is Sex Necessary?: Or Why You Feel the Way You Do - 1929 (with E. B. White)

The Owl In the Attic - 1931

The Seal In the Bedroom - 1932

My Life and Hard Times - 1933

The Middle-Aged Man On the Flying Trapeze - 1935

Let Your Mind Alone - 1937

Cream of Thurber - 1939

The Last Flower: A Parable in Pictures - 1939

The Male Animal - 1940 (with Elliot Nugent)

Fables for Our Time - 1940

My World--And Welcome To It - 1942

Many Moons - 1943 (children's)

Men, Women and Dogs - 1943

The Great Quillow - 1944 (children's)

The Thurber Carnival - 1945

The White Deer - 1945

The Beast In Me and Other Animals - 1948

The Thirteen Clocks - 1950 (children's book)

The Thurber Album - 1952

Thurber Country - 1953

Thurber's Dogs - 1955

Further Fables For Our Times - 1956

The Wonderful O - 1957 (children's book)

Alarms and Diversions - 1957

The Years With Ross - 1959

Lanterns and Lances - 1961

Credos and Curios - 1961

Thurber On Crime - 1991

People Have More Fun Than Anybody - 1994

The Thurber Letters: The Wit, Wisdom, and Surprising Life of James Thurber - 2002

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