James Thurber (Dictionary of World Biography: The 20th Century)
Early Life
James Grover Thurber was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio. Throughout his life, he often wrote about his memories of his early Ohio years. At age seven, Thurber was shot in the left eye by an arrow while playing cowboys and Indians with his two brothers. Through a sympathetic reaction, his right eye eventually became affected, and he became totally blind forty years later. His impaired vision prevented him from enjoying normal childhood activities; instead, he developed a rich fantasy life and became addicted to reading and watching motion pictures.
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