Entries from December 2006

December 13, 2006

Champion of the Mediocre: James Thurber and the Uncommon Everyday

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I was especially pleased to find a worn copy of The Thurber Carnival at a used book sale on campus ofArizona
State
University.  A well-worn paperback edition, it was a fifth printing of the original book published in 1945, and was a collection of his stories, essays, and sketches.

            There are some facts, which while interesting, are [...]