Bernstein, Burton. Thurber. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1975.

Though the balance of this biography has been challenged, it remains the most complete life of Thurber.

Blair, Walter, and Hamlin Hill. America's Humor: From Poor Richard to Doonesbury. New York: Oxford University Press, 1978. Blair and Hill place Thurber in the context of a history of American humor, giving special attention to "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty."

Gale, Steven. "James Thurber." In Popular World Fiction, edited by Walton Beacham and Suzanne Niemeyer.

Washington, DC: Beacham Publishing, 1987. Gale summarizes Thurber's career, including interesting new information, and discusses three short works.

Holmes, Charles S. The Clocks of Columbus. New York: Atheneum, 1972. This literary biography covers Thurber's life, with attention to the circumstances in which he wrote his major works.

It includes a number of photographs of Thurber and his associates as well as a chapter on the...