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My Life and Hard Times

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By James Thurber
Publisher HaperCollins Publishers
My Life and Hard Times
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This hugely funny autobiographical memoir that takes into account the crumbling of empires, talks largely about small matters and smally about great affairs. Mostly it is about the wildly incredible things people do when they think they are acting sensibly. Cartoons.

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19104 words19,104 words
112 pages112 pages
Lexile 1050LLexile 1050L
Grade 7 to 40Grade 7 to 40

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9780060916428

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