# Skin of Our Teeth

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- Authors: [Thornton Wilder](https://www.bookquiver.com/thornton-wilder)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2017-07-07
- Genres: Fiction: literary and general non-genre, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general

## Description

Characters: 4 or 5 male, 4 or 5 female, plus many small parts w/doubling Scenery: Interiors and Exteriors Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this is the groundbreaking satiric fantasy follows the extraordinary Antrobus family down through the ages from the time of " The War" surviving flood, fire, pestilence, locusts, the ice age, the pox and the double feature, a dozen subsequent wars and as many depressions. Ultimately, they are the stuff of which heroes and buffoons are made. Their survival is a vividly theatrical testament of faith in humanity. " Wonderfully wise... A tremendously exciting and profound stage fable."-Herald Tribune

## Editions

### Skin of Our Teeth

- Publisher: Samuel French
- ISBN: 978-05-7361-548-1
- Pages: 142
- Published: 2017-07-07
- Language: en_US