# The Fun of It

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- Book: [The Fun of It](https://www.bookquiver.com/lillian-ross/the-fun-of-it) ([The Fun of It.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/lillian-ross/the-fun-of-it.md))
- Authors: [Lillian Ross](https://www.bookquiver.com/lillian-ross), [David Remnick](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-remnick), [E. B. White](https://www.bookquiver.com/e-b-white), [James Thurber](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-thurber), [John Updike](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-updike)
- Publisher: modern_library
- ISBN: 978-03-7575-649-8
- Pages: 512
- Published: 2001-05-01
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

William Shawn once called The Talk of the Town the soul of the magazine. The section began in the first issue, in 1925. But it wasn't until a couple of years later, when E. B. White and James Thurber arrived,...