My Life and Hard Times [Paperback]

 “Thurber is...a landmark in American humor...he is the funniest artist who ever lived.” — New Republic

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. InMy Life and Hard times,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.

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. InMy Life and Hard times,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.

“As a humorist Thurber is contemporary and timeless.”“Possibly the shortest and most elegant autobiography ever written . . . .The Brevity Thurber achieved inMy Life and Hard Timesby stopping at 1918 seems almost incoceivable today when the most typical biography feels more like a bludgeon than a book”“Thurber’sMy Life and Hard Timesis just about the best thing I’ve ever read.”