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Reader's Digest Treasury of Humorous Writing
Reader's Digest Treasury of Humorous Writing
Author: Reader's Digest Editorial Staff
Contents:     —
  • Pioneer, go home! / by Richard Powell
  • The education of Hyman Kaplan / by Leonard Q. Ross
  • The secret of Santa Vittoria / by Robert Crichton
  • The night the ghost got in / by James Thurber
  • The family that plays together gets on each other's nerves / by Erma Bombeck
  • Out...  more »
  • Insert flap "A" and throw away / by S.J. Perelman
  • Carnival week in sunny Las Los / by Robert Benchley
  • Mr. Blandings builds his dream house / by Eric Hodgins
  • The hot rock / by Donald E. Westlake
ISBN-13: 9780895772244
ISBN-10: 0895772248
Publication Date: 10/1988
Pages: 638
Edition: 1st ed
Rating:
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Publisher: Readers Digest
Book Type: Hardcover
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638 pages of smiles and chuckles. Contents include: Pioneer, Go Home! by Richard Powell; The Education of Hyman Kaplan by Leonard Q. Ross; The Secret of Santa Vittoria by Robert Crichton; Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House by Eric Hodgins; The Hot Rock by Donald E. Westlake who died recently.
Selected Short Subjects include: The Night The Ghost Got In by James Thurber; The Family That Plays Together Gets on Each Other's Nerves by Erma Bombeck; Out of the Nest by Erma Bombeck; Insert Flap "jA" and Throw Away by S. J. Perelman; Carnival Week in Sunny Las Los by Robert Benchley.
As I am a mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, I can relate so well with Erma Bombeck's writings so I must say that these two articles by her are my favorites.


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