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Author: James Thurber

📘 My life and hard times by James Thurber

James Thurber reflects on his formative years in rural Ohio, weaving together a parade of comic characters and vivid, humorous anecdotes. Through his recollections, readers gain insight into the influences that shaped Thurber’s distinctive voice as one of America’s celebrated humorists and cartoonists.

First publish date: 1933

Genre: Memoir/Personal Memoir

Authors: James Thurber

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