{"product_id":"wry-harvest-an-anthology-of-midwest-humor-paperback-softback-9780253218728","title":"Wry Harvest; An Anthology of Midwest Humor (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253218728","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWry Harvest\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Anthology of Midwest Humor\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eChris Lamb (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253218728\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 21 September 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.386 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you live in the Midwest, you have to know how to laugh. Tornados, floods, drought, and miles and miles of flat land: if you don't have a sense of humor, you might want to consider living somewhere else. Humor is as natural to the Midwest as cow pats and corn mazes, seed caps and road kill, Johnny Carson and David Letterman.\u003cbr\u003e This book gathers some of the best stories from the humorists of the big belly of America, past and present. Here are Mark Twain, George Ade, Finley Peter Dunne, Don Marquis, and Ring Lardner; James Thurber, Ruth McKenney, Erma Bombeck, Calvin Trillin, and Garrison Keillor—Midwesterners, one and all. There's even a piece from William Dean Howells, not usually known for his knock-me-down humor. You'll also find tales from Ambrose Bierce, Kin Hubbard, Sinclair Lewis, Mike Royko, Donald Kaul, P. J. O'Rourke, and Bill Bryson.\u003cbr\u003e Here is a book to curl up with when the cows don't come home, the crick's flooded, and the fox has bedded down in the henhouse. It'll put a smile on your face and make you glad you don't live in New York City, even if you do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Mark Twain (1835–1910)\u003cbr\u003e How to Tell a Story\u003cbr\u003e The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County\u003cbr\u003e The Story of the Good Little Boy\u003cbr\u003e The McWilliamses and the Burglar Alarm\u003cbr\u003e William Dean Howells (1837–1920)\u003cbr\u003e Christmas Every Day\u003cbr\u003e Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914 ?)\u003cbr\u003e Curried Cow\u003cbr\u003e An Imperfect Conflagration\u003cbr\u003e George Ade (1866–1944)\u003cbr\u003e The Wonderful Meal of Vittles\u003cbr\u003e The Patient Toiler Who Got It in the Usual Place\u003cbr\u003e The Fable of How the Fool-Killer Backed Out of a Contract\u003cbr\u003e The Fable of the Copper and the Jovial Undergrads\u003cbr\u003e Everybody's Friend and the Line Bucker\u003cbr\u003e Finley Peter Dunne (1867–1936)\u003cbr\u003e On War Preparations\u003cbr\u003e On His Cousin George\u003cbr\u003e On Reform Candidates\u003cbr\u003e Frank McKinley \"Kin\" Hubbard (1868–1930)\u003cbr\u003e The People\u003cbr\u003e Gossip\u003cbr\u003e The Amy Purviance Murder Case\u003cbr\u003e Don Marquis (1878–1937)\u003cbr\u003e Introducing the Old Soak\u003cbr\u003e Look Out for Crime Waves!\u003cbr\u003e The Barroom and the Arts\u003cbr\u003e Ring Lardner (1885–1933)\u003cbr\u003e Alibi Ike\u003cbr\u003e Haircut\u003cbr\u003e Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951)\u003cbr\u003e George F. Babbitt Begins His Day\u003cbr\u003e James Thurber (1894–1961)\u003cbr\u003e The Night the Bed Fell\u003cbr\u003e University Days\u003cbr\u003e Ruth McKenney (1911–1972)\u003cbr\u003e A Loud Sneer for Our Feathered Friends\u003cbr\u003e Erma Bombeck (1927–1996)\u003cbr\u003e Don't Worry . . . I'll Manage\u003cbr\u003e The Garage Sale\u003cbr\u003e The Ides of May\u003cbr\u003e \"Mom and Dad! I'm Home\"\u003cbr\u003e Mike Royko (1932–1997)\u003cbr\u003e A Pitch for Opening Day\u003cbr\u003e View from Hoosierdome\u003cbr\u003e Indiana's Not Alone\u003cbr\u003e Donald Kaul (1925– )\u003cbr\u003e House Calls and Other Folk Medicine\u003cbr\u003e Eat Your Heart Out, Luther Burbank\u003cbr\u003e Calvin Trillin (1935– )\u003cbr\u003e Alice, Let's Eat\u003cbr\u003e Missouri Uncompromised\u003cbr\u003e Pinko Problems\u003cbr\u003e Garrison Keillor (1942– )\u003cbr\u003e Home\u003cbr\u003e P. J. (Patrick Jake) O'Rourke (1947– )\u003cbr\u003e Intellectual Wilderness, Ho—A Visit to Harvard's 350th Anniversary Celebration\u003cbr\u003e Bill Bryson (1951– )\u003cbr\u003e Des Moines\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Quarry Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525858423064,"sku":"9780253218728","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/wry-harvest-an-anthology-of-midwest-humor-paperback-softback-9780253218728","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}