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Table of Contents
Introduction : Columbus as Thurberville
Family matters : the Fishers and the Thurbers. The original Thurber House
A good man victimized by humor
The funniest Thurber
Aunt pharmacy
The man thrower
Showing his fisher
Mother Katherine
A frontiersman in the family
Sugar Grove days
The real Walter Mitty
The star-crossed Thurber
Childhood matters : homes, haunts, honeys, and hangouts. The edge of civilization
The great, dark house on Bryden Road
The clock in Thurber's dreams
Fighting for an education
Parking lot of dreams
The one girl
Scorpions, spiders, and boas
oh, my!
The dam that didn't break
Wool-stocking school
The house the ghost got in
University matters : making it through the minefield. Dear old Nugey
Captain coldheart
The girl who "discovered" Thurber
Thurber's favorite player
Literary tour guide
Professor courageous
"Gentle, lovable Billy Graves"
A place not to call home
Literary matters : inspiration and incubation in Thurberville. The mystery of the missing manuscripts
A paragrapher for the ages
The news was served here
An ink-stained dinosaur
Breakfast at Marzetti's
"It's McNulty"
Janitor of the passing show
From the 'hood to Hollywood
The boy Thurber put in hysterics
Later matters : going away and coming home. Shooter of the stars
His real-life "Thurber woman"
Married in history
Thurber's "closest" friend
The hotel that aged with Thurber
Mame slept here
The wonderful Gs
Bookends of a stage career
The neighborhood kid who "collected" Thurber
The last flower
Appendix : the rest of Thurberville.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-365) and index.
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