The Trouble with Tigers (1938)
Date:
November 10, 1938
Art Credits:
Typography by Robert Josephy
Notes:
First edition: 1,500 copies.
The title went through two printings.
UK edition published by Faber & Faber in 1939
Dedication: This book is for the one who opens it. The gambler who comes here for whatever he may
find here, wagering his time and boredom against my talent and eagerness. The idler 
with a couple more hours to kill. The eager one who seeks in the printed page the answer to whatever question is troubling him most at the time. The bad writer who is grateful for good writing. The good writer who knows that good contemporaries make him better. The unpublished writer who wants to find out how it's done. The critic who is sick of print. The ladies and gentlemen who read to be in style.The explorer in the hush of the Public Library. I accept all challengers, the worthy and the unworthy. What I want to do is please you, whoever you are and whatever brings you here. If you find a page that is not what
you think it should be, tear it out and throw it away. Forgive me if I bore you; for if I bore you, I forgive you. Happy book, please the ladies and take care of my fame.
Includes the stories
The Tiger
Sweetheart Sweetheart Sweetheart
The Brothers and the Sisters
Another Summer,
The Way To Be Alive
I Could Say Bella Bella
The Nurse, the Angel, the Daughter of the Gambler
O.K., Baby, This Is the
World
It's Not as if We Don't Appreciate Your Kindness
The Brokenhearted Comedian and the Girl Who Took
the Place of His Unfaithful Wife
On Malibu Bay
A Scenario for Karl Marx
The Legend Makers
The Great Leapfrog Contest
A Talk with Father
The Acrobats
Citizens of the Third Grade
The People, Yes and Then Again No
Everything
Woof Woof
A Prayer for the Living
Little Old New York
The World
A Letter to the Old City Editor
A Clear Warm Day
Memories of Paris
The Job
Some Day I'll Be a Millionaire Myself
The Vision
The Dale Carnegie Friend
Anything for a Laugh
A Nice Boy, Even if He Is Rich
The Pool Game
We Want a Touchdown
Additional Materials
In the Forever Saroyan Collection:
The Trouble With Tigers, 1938, Harcourt, Brace, and Company, once owned by George Waggoner, includes original dust jacket, B72
The Trouble With Tigers, 1938, Harcourt, Brace, and Company, annotated by Saroyan, includes original dust jack, B73
The Trouble With Tigers, 1938, Harcourt, Brace, and Company, inscribed by the author, includes original dust jacket, B74
The Trouble With Tigers, 1938, Harcourt, Brace, and Company, inscribed by the author, includes original dust jacket, B75
The Trouble With Tigers, 1938, Harcourt, Brace, and Company, review copy, includes original dust jacket, B76
The Trouble With Tigers, 1938, Harcourt, Brace, and Company, B77
The Trouble With Tigers, 1938, Harcourt, Brace, and Company, signed by the author, includes original dust jacket, B78
The Trouble With Tigers, 1939, Faber & Faber, UK, includes original dust jacket, B78
