Lives forever This website has a small biography of Thurber and a link to Thurber's short story "The Bear Who Let It Alone"

A James Thurber Web Page A personal Thurber page written by ? with multiple links to informative sites

IMS: James Thurber, Harper Audio Harper Audio's sound files of Thurber reading his poetry

Barnes & Noble Collection A collection of James Thurber's cover artwork for the New Yorker on sale at Barnes&Noble.com

James Thurber A biography of Thurber that gives a taste of Thurber's style through quotes from his books

Welcome to Thurber House A site from Columbus Ohio that has many images, complete list of works, and interesting quotes from Thurber.

NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE ARTICLES

The Sun February 27, 1960 "Thurber Rolls 'Em in Aisles" by Frank Aston

Daily News February 27, 1960 " 'A Thurber Carnival' a Joyous, Magnificently Lunatic Festival" by John Chapman

Herald Tribune February 27, 1960 " First Night Report: 'A Thurber Carnival'" by Walter Kerr

New York Mirror February 27, 1960 " 'Thurber Carnival' Droll Lark" by Robert Coleman

The New York Times February 27, 1960 "Theater: Thurber Fete" by Brooks Atkinson

Journal American February 27, 1960 "Thurberisms Get Workout - And it's Fun" by John McClain

New York Post February 28, 1960 "A Happy Thurber Evening of Humor and Wisdom" by Richard Watts Jr.

The New York Times April 25, 1960 " 'Miracle Worker' and Two Musicals Win Tonys"

The New York Times February 21, 1960 (art for front page of section 2) and "On the Quality of Mirth" by James Thurber

The New York Times March 6, 1960 "One Revue: One Play" by Brooks Atkinson

The New York Times April 24, 1960 "Broadway Newcomer: From Nutty Squirrels to Thurber Shows" by John S. Wilson

The New York Times September 12, 1960 "Thurber to Bow as Actor Tonight" by Sam Zolotow

The New York Times September 13, 1960 "Thurber's Walter Middy Dream Comes True in Performing Bow" by Louis Calta

The New York Times Magazine October 16, 1960 pages28, 33, and 36 "The Thurber Method of Acting" by James Thurber

Special thanks to
Cryder Harold Bankes, III
Reference Librarian, CBS News, Inc.

LIBRARY SOURCES

Title: The Thurber Carnival
Call #: 817 THU
Description: The collection of over three hundred pages of works from Thurber's life that led to the creation of the script for the play A Thurber Carnival.

Title: Imaginative Literature; Fiction, Drama, Poetry
Call #: 808.8 MOR
Description: This collection of literature holds Thurber's short story "The Rabbit Who Caused All the Trouble."

Title: A treasury of American writers from Harper's Magazine
Call #: 810.8 KNO
Description: The collection of literature that has Thurber's "Listen to this, Dear."