![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() My Life and Hard Times, 135pp, Penguin 1948. 'This is one tow n with one name but there are two words in it, like helter-skelter.' 'Helter-skelter,' said my father, moving slowly toward the bedroom door and smiling in a faint strained way which I understand now - but didn't then - was meant to humour me. 'Newark,' he said, 'Jersey City, Atlantic City, Elizabeth, Paterson, Passaic, Trenton, Jersey City, Trenton, Paterson -.' 'It has two names', I snapped. Widely hailed as one of the finest humorists of the twentieth century, James Thurber looks back at his own life growing up in Columbus, Ohio, with the. I can still see him reaching for his coat without taking his eyes off me. 'Just name some towns in New Jersey.' While he hastily pulled on his clothes - I remember he left his socks off and put shoes on his bare feet - father began to name, in a shaky voice, various New Jersey cities. ![]() Father got up, keeping the bed between him and me, and started to pull his trousers on. name some towns in New Jersey quick!' It must have been around three in the morning. ![]()
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