He died in New York in 1961, and is today recognised as one of America's greatest twentieth-century humourists. From 1927 onwards he was on the staff of the New Yorker, and first published much of his work in it. After university (Ohio State) he worked at the American Embassy in Paris from 1918 to 1920, and then turned to journalism.
James Thurber was born in 1894 at Columbus, Ohio, where, as he once said, so many awful things happened to him. A man can dream, can't he? The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is just one of the brilliant humorous and witty stories written by James Thurber and collected here. He worked at the American Embassy in Paris from 1918 to 1920, and then turned to journalism. But he has dreams - vivid, extraordinary day dreams - in which the life he leads is one of excitement and even adventure, in which he - a weary, put upon middle-aged man - is the hero of his own story. James Thurber was born in 1894 at Columbus, Ohio. Bibliographic information Author, James Thurber Edition, illustrated Publisher, The Creative Company, 2008 ISBN, 1583415866, 9781583415863 Length, 32 pages. Walter Mitty is an ordinary man living an ordinary life. This is the very best of James Thurber's hilarious short stories and essays, to tie-in with the major new film starring Ben Stiller and Kristen Wiig.
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