![]() This injury would later cause him to be almost entirely blind. Because of the lack of medical technology, Thurber lost his eye. Once, while playing a game of William Tell, his brother William shot James in the eye with an arrow. Thurber had two brothers, William and Robert. Thurber described his mother as a "born comedienne" and "one of the finest comic talents I think I have ever known." She was a practical joker, on one occasion pretending to be crippled and attending a faith healer revival, only to jump up and proclaim herself healed. His father, a sporadically employed clerk and minor politician who dreamed of being a lawyer or an actor, is said to have been the inspiration for the small, timid protagonist typical of many of his stories. ![]() ![]() Both of his parents greatly influenced his work. Thurber and Mary Agnes (Mame) Fisher Thurber. ![]() Thurber was born in Columbus, Ohio to Charles L. ![]()
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