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Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2: The Complete and Authoritative Edition (Volume 11) (Mark Twain Papers)
- ASIN: 0520272781
- ISBN: 0520272781
- Brand: University of California Press
- Manufacturer: University of California Press
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Grant and Twain: The Story of an American Friendship
- ASIN: 0812966139
- ISBN: 0812966139
- Brand: Perry, Mark
- Manufacturer: Random House Trade Paperbacks
In the spring of 1884 Ulysses S. Grant heeded the advice of Mark Twain and finally agreed to write his memoirs. Little did Grant or Twain realize that this seemingly straightforward decision would profoundly alter not only both their lives but the course of American literature. Over the next fifteen months, as the two men became close friends and i... [Read More]
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Mark Twain: A Life
- ASIN: 0743249011
- ISBN: 9780743249010
- Brand: Free Press
- Manufacturer: Free Press
Ron Powers’s tour de force has been widely acclaimed as the best life and times, filled with Mark Twain’s voice, and as a great American story.Samuel Clemens, the man known as Mark Twain, invented the American voice and became one of our greatest celebrities. His life mirrored his country's, as he grew from a Mississippi River boyhood in the da... [Read More]
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Mark Twain: An Illustrated Biography
- ASIN: 0375405615
- ISBN: 9780375405617
- Manufacturer: Knopf
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The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain: A Book of Quotations (Dover Thrift Editions)
- UPC: 800759406647
- ASIN: 0486406644
- ISBN: 9780486406640
- Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Renowned as a novelist, journalist, and humorist, Mark Twain is not only one of the most widely read and admired American writers, he is also among the most quoted. Wit and repartee permeate his work — from the short, light pieces to his great novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and even later, in dark meditations on the human condition where hi... [Read More]
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Autobiography of Mark Twain, the authentic original version
- ASIN: 1440448906
- ISBN: 1440448906
- Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
In commemoration of the the 100th anniversary year of Twain's death, this edition republishes Mark Twain's original autobiography. Twain is widely rumored to have stated that the full version of his life could not be released until 100 years after his death. What Twain allowed to be published at the time comprises a rambling collection of anecdotes... [Read More]
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Joan of Arc
- UPC: 008987026822
- ASIN: 0898702682
- ISBN: 0898702682
- Brand: Ignatius Press
- Manufacturer: Ignatius Press
Very few people know that Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) wrote a major work on Joan of Arc. Still fewer know that he considered it not only his most important but also his best work. He spent twelve years in research and many months in France doing archival work and then made several attempts until he felt he finally had the story he wanted to tell. H... [Read More]
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Mark Twain: The Best Works
- ASIN: B0792GGZSG
- Manufacturer: Pandora's Box
This ebook compiles Mark Twain's greatest writings, including novels and short stories such as "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court", "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County", "A Dog’s Tale" and "The Million Pound Bank Note". This edition has been professiona... [Read More]
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Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1: The Complete and Authoritative Edition (Autobiography of Mark Twain series)
- ASIN: B00413QAFG
- Manufacturer: University of California Press
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Stepping into Mark Twain's World (Time for Kids Nonfiction Readers)
- ASIN: 149383620X
- ISBN: 149383620X
- Brand: Teacher Created Materials
- Manufacturer: Teacher Created Materials
Take a riverboat ride back to 1800s America and learn how Mark Twain's world influenced his writing. This nonfiction text breathes life into the pages of history, and gives students a sense of what life was like in Mark Twain's time. Developed by Timothy Rasinski and featuring TIME content, this biography includes essential text features like an in... [Read More]
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The Innocents Abroad: Original Illustrations
- ASIN: 1948132087
- ISBN: 1948132087
- Manufacturer: SeaWolf Press
A beautiful edition with the formatting and all 234 images from the original first edition published in 1869. The cover is from an Antonio Joli painting of Rome. Use Amazon's Lookinside feature to compare this edition with others. You'll be impressed by the differences. Don't be fooled by other versions that have no illustrations or contain very sm... [Read More]
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Mark Twain for Dog Lovers: True and Imaginary Adventures with Man's Best Friend
- ASIN: B01K5XQG8G
- Manufacturer: Lyons Press
Mark Twain for Dog Lovers combines one of America’s most beloved authors and dogs. Twain specialist R. Kent Rasmussen traces the history of dogs in Twain’s life—from the ones he knew personally, like his daughter’s dog which he took in after she died, to the foreign dogs he saw on his travels around the world. Compiling 30 stories and extra... [Read More]
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Mark Twain: The Complete Novels
- ASIN: B07N7JRRSY
- Manufacturer: Hash Books
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Mark Twain - Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
- ASIN: 1541058348
- ISBN: 1541058348
- Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Mark Twain's work on Joan of Arc is titled in full Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, by the Sieur Louis de Conte who is identified further as Joan's page and secretary. The work is fictionally presented as a translation from the manuscript by Jean Francois Alden, or, in the words of the published book, "Freely Translated out of the Ancient Fre... [Read More]
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Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc (Dover Thrift Editions)
- UPC: 800759424597
- ASIN: 0486424596
- ISBN: 0486424596
- Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Regarded by many as the most luminous example of Mark Twain's work, this fictional biography of Joan of Arc was purportedly written by Joan's page and secretary — Sieur Louis de Conté. (Twain's alter ego even shared the author's same initials — S. L. C.) Told from the viewpoint of this lifelong friend, the historical novel is a panorama of sti... [Read More]
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How Not to Get Rich: The Financial Misadventures of Mark Twain
- ASIN: 0544836464
- ISBN: 0544836464
- Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
A Wealthmanagement.com Best Business Book of 2017 An uproarious account of Mark Twain’s endless attempts to strike it rich, all of which served only to empty his pockets Mark Twain’s lifetime spans America’s era of greatest economic growth. And Twain was an active, even giddy, participant in all the great booms and busts of his time, launchin... [Read More]
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The Statesman and the Storyteller: John Hay, Mark Twain, and the Rise of American Imperialism
- ASIN: 156512989X
- ISBN: 156512989X
- Brand: Algonquin Books
- Manufacturer: Algonquin Books
In a dual biography covering the last ten years of the lives of friends and contemporaries, writer Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain) and statesman John Hay (who served as secretary of state under presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt), The Statesman and the Storyteller not only provides an intimate look into the daily lives of these men ... [Read More]
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Roughing It (Signet Classics)
- ASIN: 0451531108
- ISBN: 0451531108
- Brand: Twain, Mark/ Frank, Elizabeth (INT)
- Manufacturer: Signet
The celebrated author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn mixes fact and fiction in a rousing travelogue that serves as “a portrait of the artist as a young adventurer.”* In 1861, young Mark Twain found himself adrift as a newcomer in the Wild West, working as a civil servant, silver prospector, mill worker, an... [Read More]
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Letters From The Earth
- ASIN: B004IZM5XS
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Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
- ASIN: B0011DIF02
- Manufacturer: LeClue [Kindle]
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