Title: The Greatest Man in the World
Title Record # 96607
Author: James Thurber
Date: 1931-02-21
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: James Thurber
Date: 1931-02-21
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: Borderline speculative fiction, first published in the New Yorker, February 21, 1931.
Synopsis: The scrappy and abrasive aviation engineer Jack Smurch achieves a non-stop flight around the world in an old monoplane which has attached strange floating fuel tanks.
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Publications
| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| Stories and Storytellers | 1968-01-01 | ed. David Aloian | Addison-Wesley | 273 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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| Happy Endings | 1974-07-00 | ed. Damon Knight | Bobbs-Merrill Company | 0-672-51879-1 | $8.95?$: US dollar |
x+ 205 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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| Skyriders: Man's Conquest of the Air | 1975-00-00 | ed. Alan C. Jenkins | Blackie | 0-216-89971-0 | 253 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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| The Greatest Man in the World | 1979-01-01 | James Thurber | Perfection Learning (Tale Blazers) | 0-89598-720-1 | 55 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
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| The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | 2016-00-00 | James Thurber | Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics) | 978-0-241-28261-8 | £7.99?£: UK pound |
112 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
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