Walter Mitty is an ordinary man living an ordinary life. But he has dreams - vivid, extraordinary day dreams - in which the life he leads is one of excitement…

In this collection, Thurber praises things canine in two marvelous tributes, muses over promises of mail sweepstakes, confesses his aversion to anything mechanical, and puzzles over the animal kingdom’s curious…

Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, University of Stuttgart (Institut fur Literaturwissenschaft - Neuere Englische Literatur), course: HS…

Intended for students, scholars, public officials, and the general public, Rivals for Power offers an accessible and engaging analysis of executive and legislative rivalry across a span of eras, with…

A Study Guide for James Thurber’s Secret Life of Walter Mitty, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography…

The professional and personal lives of the pioneers of an enduring magazine.

American Gridlock is a comprehensive look at the most important political problem facing American democracy today: partisan polarization. With the rise of the Tea Party, the vanishing middle, and Obama’s…

If this book isn’t a minor classic–and one uses the term ‘minor’ only because it is so gorgeously funny and not ponderous enough to be a major–well, one doesn’t know…