![]() ![]() It is a collection of many of his best and most amusing short stories, fables, and cartoons that were originally published between 1931 - 1945. Thurber loosely based the character, a daydreamer, on himself. ![]() ![]() It is also a book from which I have read many stories to others. Walter Jackson Mitty is a fictional character in James Thurber s first short story 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty', first published in The New Yorker on March 18, 1939, and in book form in My Worldand Welcome to It in 1942. In its original book form, "The Thurber Carnival" has always been my favorite book to read numerous stories from (over and over again over the past 50 years). I am now the age (65) that Thurber was when he (and director Burgess Meredith) won a Special Tony Award in April 1960 for the Broadway production of "A Thurber Carnival". A Study Guide for James Thurbers Secret Life of Walter Mitty, excerpted from Gales acclaimed Short Stories for Students. ![]() I didn't quite get it until I found myself doing so as well several years later as a teenager. I first became aware of James Thurber back in the 1960s when I'd see my father reading his work and laughing to himself. It also includes several interview clips of Thurber himself. It contains personal recollections and insights from many who knew Thurber personally, as well as wonderful examples of his writing and cartoons. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this film and highly recommend it. ![]()
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