Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

American Humor (Record no. 585)

082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 817 Ame
Item number 14
090 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (OCLC)
-- 585
-- 585
092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC)
Classification number 817 Ame
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name 20160731 frey50
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title American Humor
Statement of responsibility, etc E. B. White and Katharine S. White Editors
246 ## - VARYING FORM OF TITLE
Title proper/short title A subtreasury of American Humor
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Date of publication, distribution, etc 1941
Place of publication, distribution, etc New York
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Coward- McCann, Inc.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 814 p.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Table of Contents -- Benny and the bird-dogs / Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings -- Christopher Kaplan / Leonard Q. Ross -- The Casting away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine / Frank R. Stockton -- Gentleman Prefer Blondes / Anita Loos -- George F. Babbitt starts the day / Sinclair Lewis -- Lady's room / John Mosher -- Two letters from a Rookie to his girl / Edward Streeter -- Glory in the daytime / Dorothy Parker -- Boggains in the Bronx / Arthur Kober -- Mrs. Heywood Cox Broun / Heywood Broun -- His grandfather's old ram / Mark Twain -- Alibi Ike / Ring Lardner -- Fables for our time / James Thurber -- Fables in slang / George Ade -- Fable of the iron dogs / Don Marquis -- Ferry-tail from Keeng Mitas for Nize Baby / Milt Gross -- Fantastic fables / Ambrose Bierce -- The Parable of the family which dwelt apart / E.B. White -- Confessions of a gallomaniac / Frank Moore Colby -- An Affix for birds / St. Clair McKelway -- An Invitation to a party / Frederic S. Cozzens -- A Very dangerous invitation / Max Adeler -- A Ride with Ralph / Francis Steegmuller -- A Watch that wanted cleaning / James T. Fields -- It's a wise parent / Cornelia Otis Skinner -- Large coffee / Ring Lardner -- Doucement, doucement / Donald Moffat -- The Most horrible battle ever recorded in poetry or prose / Washington Irving -- The Latest improvements in artillery / Orpheus C. Kerr -- Sumthin in the pastoral line / James Russell Lowell -- The Great presidential excursion / Petroleum V. Nasby -- The Hunting of the cow / Mark Twain -- Mr. Dooley on the power of music / Finley Peter Dunne -- The Governor / James M. Cain -- A Weekend at Lady Astor's / Frank Sullivan -- Excerpts from the tribune primer / Eugene Field -- Christmas afternoon -- Happy childhood tales -- The Blue sleeve garter -- More songs for meller / Robert C. Benchley -- Odd's bodkins / Ring Lardner -- A Garland of ibids / Frank Sullivan -- The Whiskey rebellion / Donald Ogden Stewart -- Dusk in fierce pajamas / E.B. White -- Selections from the diary of our own Samuel Pepys / Franklin P. Adams.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc A collection of humorous pieces based mainly on family life in contemporary America.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element American wit and humor
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Relator code Ed.
Personal name White, E. B. -- (Elwyn Brooks)
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Relator code Ed.
Personal name White, Katharine S.
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
-- AJML
Koha item type 800 - 899
-- 817 Ame
961 WL -
-- 14
Holdings
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