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Desert Island Decameron (1945)

by H. Allen Smith (Editor)

Other authors: Fred Allen (Contributor), Herbert Asbury (Contributor), Robert Benchley (Contributor), Barry Benefield (Contributor), Ambrose Bierce (Contributor)26 more, Roark Bradford (Contributor), William Cowper Brann (Contributor), Erskine Caldwell (Contributor), John Collier (Contributor), F.P.A. (Contributor), C. S. Forester (Contributor), Wolcott Gibbs (Contributor), Ben Hecht (Contributor), O. Henry (Contributor), Donald Hough (Contributor), Nunnally Johnson (Contributor), Ring W. Lardner (Contributor), Stephen Leacock (Contributor), H.L. Mencken (Contributor), Joseph Mitchell (Contributor), Dorothy Parker (Contributor), Westbrook Pegler (Contributor), Leonard Q. Ross (Contributor), Damon Runyon (Contributor), Cornelia Otis Skinner (Contributor), Thorne Smith (Contributor), James Street (Contributor), Frank Sullivan (Contributor), James Thurber (Contributor), Mark Twain (Contributor), Alexander Woollcott (Contributor)

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Smith, H. AllenEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Allen, FredContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Asbury, HerbertContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Benchley, RobertContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Benefield, BarryContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bierce, AmbroseContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bradford, RoarkContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Brann, William CowperContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Caldwell, ErskineContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Collier, JohnContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
F.P.A.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Forester, C. S.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gibbs, WolcottContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hecht, BenContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Henry, O.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hough, DonaldContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Johnson, NunnallyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Lardner, Ring W.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Leacock, StephenContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Mencken, H.L.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Mitchell, JosephContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Parker, DorothyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Pegler, WestbrookContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Ross, Leonard Q.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Street, JamesContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Sullivan, FrankContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Thurber, JamesContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Twain, MarkContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Woollcott, AlexanderContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hershfeld, LeoIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Contains:
  • Women
    • A Pair of Sexes / F.P.A.
    • The Bedchamber Mystery / C.S. Forester
    • Entrance Fee / Alexander Woollcott
    • Daughters of Joy / Barry Benefield
  • Wielding the Bludgeon
    • Willy Wally to Wed / William Cowper Brann
    • The Curse of Kissing / William Cowper Brann
    • From The Devil's Dictionary / Ambrose Bierce
    • Myriad-Minded Us / Westbrook Pegler
    • Clarion Call to Poets / H.L. Mencken
    • Chiropractic / H.L. Mencken
    • From The Innocents Abroad / Mark Twain
    • From A Tramp Abroad / Mark Twain
    • The Sporting Life / Ring W. Lardner
    • Mr. Frisbie / Ring W. Lardner
    • Colloquy at Second / Westbrook Pegler
    • Six-Day Race / Westbrook Pegler
    • Love Makes the Filly Go / Frank Sullivan
    • The Sawing Off of Manhattan Island / Herbert Asbury
    • The Golden Key / James Street
  • Life's Little Problems
    • The Mystery of Bridge Building / Robert Benchley
    • The Crack / Erskine Caldwell
    • A Model Dialogue / Stephen Leacock
    • The Tooth, the Whole Tooth, and Nothing but the Tooth / Robert Benchley
  • Domestic Science
    • There Ought to Be a Law / Nunnally Johnson
    • A Harlem Tragedy / O. Henry
    • Dogs / Ring Lardner
    • Birthday Present / Thorne Smith
  • The Cocktail Hour
    • A Man May Be Down / Wolcott Gibbs
    • You Were Perfectly Fine / Dorothy Parker
    • God Rest You Merry / Cornelia Otis Skinner
    • I Drink American / Donald Hough
  • Nopalera
    • Gavin O'Leary / John Collier
    • The Missing Idol / Ben Hecht
  • Dialogues in Dialect
    • Mr. Kaplan's Dark Logic / Leonard Q. Ross
    • Steamboat Days / Roark Bradford
    • Sin / Roark Bradford
    • Mountain Justice / Fred Allen
  • Five Characters
    • Blood Pressure / Damon Runyon
    • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty / James Thurber
    • Our Mrs. Parker / Alexander Woollcott
    • The Retroactive Existence of Mr. Juggins / Stephen Leacock
    • Professor Sea Gull / Joseph Mitchell
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