false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170826501m/72995.jpg 72995 9 <P> 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 <I> My Life and Hard times,</I> first published in 1933, he recounts the delightful chaos and frustrations of family, boyhood, youth odd dogs, recalcitrant machinery, and the foibles of human nature. </P> 1442017 1933 My Life and Hard Times (Perennial Classics) total:530|5:264|4:187|3:59|2:17|1:3| 530 2282 728 58 72995 0060933089 9780060933081 524 57 4.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170826501m/72995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/72995.My_Life_and_Hard_Times 2 0 false Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 20:58:06 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 18:22:56 -0700 2009
The stories were not funny at all and just throwaway anecdotes that might have been funny to the author's immediate family or maybe as part of a silent era ...more...]]> 72995 0060933089 9780060933081 524 57 4.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170826501m/72995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/72995.My_Life_and_Hard_Times 5 1 false Wed May 21 23:41:07 -0700 2008 Wed May 21 23:47:50 -0700 2008 72995 0060933089 9780060933081 524 57 4.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170826501m/72995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/72995.My_Life_and_Hard_Times 5 2 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988 Wed May 30 13:47:32 -0700 2007 Wed May 30 13:49:56 -0700 2007 72995 0060933089 9780060933081 524 57 4.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170826501m/72995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/72995.My_Life_and_Hard_Times 5 1 false Sun May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sun May 20 02:57:29 -0700 2007 Sun May 20 02:59:32 -0700 2007 72995 0060933089 9780060933081 524 57 4.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170826501m/72995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/72995.My_Life_and_Hard_Times 2 0 false Sun Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 17:37:15 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 17:46:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 72995 0060933089 9780060933081 524 57 4.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170826501m/72995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/72995.My_Life_and_Hard_Times 5 0 false Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 09:44:14 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 09:49:00 -0700 2009 2+ James Thurber has a gift with words. He always knows when to add a particular detail and when to add a comment on the events he's narra...more...]]> 72995 0060933089 9780060933081 524 57 4.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170826501m/72995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/72995.My_Life_and_Hard_Times 5 0 false Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 18:59:31 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 19:03:11 -0800 2008
This is James Thurber's memoir - it's a collection of 10 stories from his childhood/youth. It's only about a hundred pages long, so I was hoping I'd be able to read the whole thing whil waiting ...more...]]> 72995 0060933089 9780060933081 524 57 4.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170826501m/72995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/72995.My_Life_and_Hard_Times 5 0 false Wed May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Wed Jan 14 11:38:42 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 11:55:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 72995 0060933089 9780060933081 524 57 4.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170826501m/72995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/72995.My_Life_and_Hard_Times 5 0 false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Dec 04 11:16:23 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 11:16:23 -0800 2008 72995 0060933089 9780060933081 524 57 4.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170826501m/72995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/72995.My_Life_and_Hard_Times 5 0 false Tue Nov 18 19:59:41 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 21:18:22 -0800 2008 72995 0060933089 9780060933081 524 57 4.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170826501m/72995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/72995.My_Life_and_Hard_Times 3 0 false Fri Oct 26 20:29:05 -0700 2007 Fri Mar 21 10:13:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 72995 0060933089 9780060933081 524 57 4.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170826501m/72995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/72995.My_Life_and_Hard_Times 5 0 false Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 17:44:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 17:46:09 -0700 2009 72995 0060933089 9780060933081 524 57 4.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170826501m/72995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/72995.My_Life_and_Hard_Times 5 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Sun Jan 18 22:16:03 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 22:18:20 -0800 2009 607289 1853753971 9781853753978 2 1 4.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176247775m/607289.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/607289.My_Life_and_Hard_Times 5 0 false Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Feb 22 12:16:13 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 14 21:53:02 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 72995 0060933089 9780060933081 524 57 4.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170826501m/72995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/72995.My_Life_and_Hard_Times 5 0 false Sat Apr 04 13:27:11 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 13:28:15 -0700 2009 72995 0060933089 9780060933081 524 57 4.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170826501m/72995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/72995.My_Life_and_Hard_Times 5 0 false Fri Jan 16 20:05:24 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 20:07:34 -0800 2009 72995 0060933089 9780060933081 524 57 4.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170826501m/72995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/72995.My_Life_and_Hard_Times 5 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Fri Jan 16 19:08:34 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 19:08:34 -0800 2009 72995 0060933089 9780060933081 524 57 4.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170826501m/72995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/72995.My_Life_and_Hard_Times 5 0 false Tue Aug 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 08:46:29 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 08:57:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 72995 0060933089 9780060933081 524 57 4.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170826501m/72995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/72995.My_Life_and_Hard_Times 2 0 false Sun Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 16:50:12 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 16:51:57 -0700 2009 72995 0060933089 9780060933081 524 57 4.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170826501m/72995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/72995.My_Life_and_Hard_Times 5 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Feb 02 18:20:59 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 18:20:59 -0800 2009 2 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=72995