num_pages: 600
description: One of the great glories of life in the U.S. is the humor of its people. Baker surveys this territory in this rich treasury and stakes it out in a dozen sections. Roaming through them, the reader will find P.J. O'Rourke, H.L. Mencken, James Thurber, Zora Neale Hurston, and many others.
language: English
title: Russell Baker's Book of American Humor
titlecomplete: Russell Baker's Book of American Humor
genres: Anthologies, Short Stories, Humor, Essays, Fiction
ratings_count: 58
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company