The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and other stories
Title:
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and other stories
Date:
October 15, 1934
Art Credits:
Cover designed by Ernest Reichl
Contents:
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze
Seventy Thousand Assyrians
Among the Lost
Myself upon the Earth
Love, Death, Sacrifice and So Forth
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
And Man
A Curved Line
Snake
Big Valley Vineyard
Aspirin Is a Member of the N.R.A.
Seventeen
A Cold Day
The Earth, Day, Night, Self
Harry
Laughter
The Big Tree Coming
The Man with the French Post Cards
Three Stories
Love
War
Sleep in Unheavenly peace
Fight Your Own War
Common Prayer
The Shepherd's Daughter
Notes:
The book is dedicated to Whit Burnett and Martha Foley. Burnett and Foley, married at the time, were the founders of Story Magazine, which first published the story The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze.
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and other stories was Saroyan's first book. it was named after his story "The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze" that ran in Story Magazine in February, 1934.
The book became a best-seller, establishing Saroyan as a rising star.
Review by the St. Louis Star and Times: "He expresses, in compressed, simple but eloquent language, the psychology of being without a sob; the business of growIng up; the sensitiveness of a young man who is thoroughly alive."
Modern Age Books edition typography by Robert Josephy
Additional Materials
Holdings:
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and other stories, 1934, Random House, includes original dust jacket, B4
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and other stories, 1934, Random House, Signed by Saroyan, Former Alameda State College Library copy, B5
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and other stories, 1934, Random House, second printing, B6
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and other stories, 1937, Modern Age Books, B11
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and other stories, 1937, Modern Age Books, B12
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and other stories, 1937, Modern Age Books, B13
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and other stories, 1937, Modern Age Books, B15
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and other stories 1937, Modern Age Books, B16
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and other stories, 1935, Faber & Faber, UK, B18
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and other stories, 1937, Faber & Faber, UK, second printing, B19
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and other stories, 1939, Penguin Books, B20
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and other stories, 1935, Faber & Faber, UK, include original dust jacket, B708
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and other stories, 1941, Modern Library, includes original dust jacket, B709
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and other stories, 1946, Faber & Faber, UK, Proof copy of second printing, includes original dust jacket, B710
Jeune Homme au Trapeze Volant (The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and other stories), 1946, Sagittaire, France, Translated into French, B597
Den dristage unge Mand I den flyvende Trapez (The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and other stories), 1946, Levende Litteratur (Achehoug Dansk Forlag), Denmark, translated into Danish, B598
Elat Revido Muchacho Del Trapecio (The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and other stories), 1956, El Libro del Mes, Spain, Translated into Spanish, B601
Der Waghalsige junge Mann auf dem fliegenden Trapez (The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and other stories), 1948, Dr. Walter Barbier Verlag, Germany, Translated into German, B599
Chlopiec Na Lotynm Trapezie (The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and other stories), 1968, Ksiqkzka I Wiedza, Poland, translated into Polish, B605
