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		<title>Thurber, James -- &#8220;Ivory, Apes, and People,&#8221; Further Fables for Our Time (1956)</title>
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<br><b>James Thurber</b> (1894-1961) American humorist, cartoonist, writer<br>&#8220;Ivory, Apes, and People,&#8221; <i>Further Fables for Our Time</i> (1956) 
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