Growing up Laughing
by 20160731 frey50
Published by : Prentice-Hall, Inc. (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey ) , 1981 Physical details: 189 p. ISBN:0133678709.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| yan 800 - 899 | y817.008 Gro (Browse shelf) | Available | 51539 |
Introduction Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) - Showing off in Sunday school Lucretia P. Hale - The lady who put salt in her coffee Franklin P. Adams - Those two boys Bob Davis - Jack-knives from heaven Owen Johnson - The great pancake record Booth Tarkington - The Party Emma Rounds - Johnny Wolcott Gibbs - Ring out, wild bells Robert Benchley - What of our Children? Virginia Cary Hudson - Personal Appearance Clarence Day - The Gift of song Shel Silverstein - Jimmy Jet and his TV Set Frank Gilbreth - Pierce Arrow Sam Levenson - Sleeping arrangements John Ciardi - Some cook! James Thurber - The care we had to push Ruth McKenney - Guinea pig Alfred Noyes - Daddy fell into the pond Lee Shippey - The Chivalry of adolescence Clifford Orr - Savage homecoming Leo Rosten - Potch Hildegarde Dolson - How beautiful with mud Max Shulman - The face is familiar but... Morris Bishop - A Tonversation with baby Robert P. Smith - Building a hut Bill Cosby - Fat Albert (Buck, Buck!) Ogden Nash - Tableau at twilight
Collected here are the hilarious views of notable American humorists on all aspects of Childhood and adolescence.