Mark Twain Himself

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826214126
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mark Twain Himself written by Mark Twain and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark Twain's life--one of the richest and raciest America has known--is delightfully portrayed in this mosaic of words and more than 600 pictures that capture the career of one of America's most colorful personalities. The words are Twain's own, taken from his writings--not only the autobiography but also his letters, notebooks, newspaper reporting, sketches, travel pieces, and fiction. The illustrations provide the perfect counterpoint to Twain's text. Presented in the hundreds of photos, prints, drawings, cartoons, and paintings is Twain himself, from the apprentice in his printer's cap to the dying world-famous figure finishing his last voyage in a wheelchair. Mark Twain Himself: A Pictorial Biography will not only inform and entertain the casual reader but will provide a valuable resource to scholars and teachers of Twain as well.

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mark Twain's Autobiography written by Mark Twain and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected from Mark Twain's typescript.

Author : Milton Meltzer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mark Twain Himself written by Milton Meltzer and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Burleigh
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1481428403
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Adventures of Mark Twain by Huckleberry Finn written by Robert Burleigh and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-10-21 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone knows the story of the raft on the Mississippi and that ol' whitewashed fence, but now it’s time for youngins everywhere to get right acquainted with the man behind the pen. Mr. Mark Twain! An interesting character, he was...even if he did sometimes get all gussied up in linen suits and even if he did make it rich and live in a house with so many tiers and gazebos that it looked like a weddin’ cake. All that’s a little too proper and hog tied for our narrator, Huckleberry Finn, but no one is more right for the job of telling this picture book biography than Huck himself. (We’re so glad he would oblige.) And, he’ll tell you one thing—that Mr. Twain was a piece a work! Famous for his sense of humor and saying exactly what’s on his mind, a real satirist he was—perhaps America’s greatest. Ever. True to Huck’s voice, this picture book biography is a river boat ride into the life of a real American treasure.

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mark Twain Himself written by Mark Twain and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pictorial biography composed of selections from Mark Twain's autobiography, letters, notebooks, speeches, sketches, newspaper and magazine pieces, giving highlights of his life.

Author : Milton Meltzer
Publisher : Crescent Books
ISBN 13 : 9780517012482
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mark Twain Himself written by Milton Meltzer and published by Crescent Books. This book was released on 1960 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than six hundred illustrations help capture the essence of one of America's favorite authors, from his days as a printer, pilot, and soldier to his years as a reporter, humorist, and publisher.

Author : Louis J. Budd
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826213686
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mark Twain written by Louis J. Budd and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Much has been written about Mark Twain's social and political attitudes, but Mark Twain: Social Philosopher is the most comprehensive study of the subject that has been made. Mr. Budd's treatment is thorough and detailed, supported by illuminating analysis and plentiful documentation. He presents his material well in a forthright, readable style that moves at a springy pace agreeably free from academic heavy-footedness." --Indiana Magazine of History "Louis J. Budd performs the service of tracing the growth of Twain's social and political convictions and thus showing his relationship to the age in which he lived. . . . Based upon extensive research in newspapers of the day, the personal letters, and other little-known material, as well as intensive analysis of the most relevant works by Twain, Budd's careful and balanced study is an important contribution."--Modern Fiction Newsletter "Budd is one of those rare and highly-to-be-prized people who consistently say good things in a graceful way. Writing about Mark Twain in a fashion that would not make Mark Twain swear if he read the result is a test not often passed. Professor Budd passes it with flying colors."--Mississippi Quarterly "Well written, vital, filled with a sharpness and humor reminiscent of Twain himself, [Mark Twain: Social Philosopher] is a penetrating and sustained analysis of Twain's development as a social critic, and shows his interest in the social issues of his day. It is a model of good criticism, honest analysis, and fine writing." --American Writers in Rebellion "Anyone who wants to read Mark Twain against the changing background of his time will turn with gratitude to Mr. Budd's patient, unpretentious, and revealing book."--Virginia Quarterly Review

Author : Hal Holbrook
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1429969016
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Harold written by Hal Holbrook and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2011-09-13 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Harold: The Boy Who Became Mark Twain, the beloved stage, film, and television actor Hal Holbrook presents an affecting memoir about his struggle to discover his true self, even as he learned to transform himself onstage. Abandoned by his mother and father when he was two, Holbrook and his two sisters commenced separate journeys of survival. Raised by his powerful grandfather, who died when Holbrook was twelve, he spent his childhood at boarding schools, visiting his father in an insane asylum and hoping his mother would suddenly surface in Hollywood. As World War II engulfed Europe, Holbrook began acting almost by accident. Through war, marriage, and the work of honing his craft, his fear of insanity and his fearlessness in the face of risk were channeled into discovering that the riskiest path of all—success as an actor—would be his birthright. The climb up that forbidding mountain was a lonely one. And how he achieved it—the cost to his wife and children and to his own conscience—is the dark side of the fame he would eventually earn by portraying the man his career would forever be most closely associated with: Mark Twain. “If I were to conjure an image of an individual who best fits the phrase ‘a real American,’ it would be Hal Holbrook. This book shows him as a complete person. You will be compelled by the wit and wisdom of this beautifully composed story of self-determination and survival.”—Robert Redford

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : William C Brown Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780840329080
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mark Twain Himself! written by Mark Twain and published by William C Brown Pub. This book was released on 1983 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781539930907
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mark Twain's Burlesque Autobiography written by Mark Twain and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-11-05 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark Twain's famous lighthearted account of his familial origins and initial experiences of romance is presented here complete. Not to be confused with Mark Twain's later and much more serious selection of reminiscences published in three volumes, this short autobiography is a fictional account of Twain's family tree. It originates from a period early in Twain's career, when he was mainly known for his colorful travelogues. While short, this work is a prime example of Twain's humorous take on life. The 'family tree' he mentions is simply an image a man hanging from a noose; the characters and events subsequent to this supposed revelation are all fictional. The members of the Twain family are held to have been greatly influential, albeit in surreal, unrealistic and amusing ways. The autobiography is set in the distant past, recounting the activities of the Twain family in Europe and later America. As such the characters of this short drama are the dukes and royals of antiquity. The first major figure from Twain's ancestry is mentioned as having sailed with Columbus, whereupon he became among the first settlers from Europe to populate North America. Mark Twain himself would later disapprove of this work, on one occasion making an effort to purchase and destroy all of the copies.