A Treasury of American Folk Humor Author:tidwell, James Here's what makes Americans laugh--the best of the stories and other sparkling bits of wit that have stayed alived because American loved them and told and retold them, embellishing, embroidering and tailoring them as they went along. Packed with fun and frolic, these more than 500 selections, collected from all the vast wealth of the country's... more » folklore, reveal the American sense of humor, the unique attitude and the very special flavor--the sass and the savvy and the red-eye--Americans have brought to all aspects of live from pioneer days to now. The roster of authors in this volume reads like a roll-call of American wit and wits from Bill Nye to James Thurber, from Mark Twain to Robert Benchley, embracing every kind of humor--dry, droll, and bubbling, earth and sophisticated--that has tickled our many-faceted native funny bone.« less