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1) Roughing it
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Roughing It tells the (almost) true story of Mark Twain’s rollicking adventures across the United States. A hilarious account of how the author tried finding wealth in the rocks of Nevada, it was published before his most famous works and shows why he would grow to become one of the most beloved American writers of all time. The story follows many of Twain’s early adventures, including a visit to Salt Lake City, gold and silver prospecting, real...
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Nelson Doubleday
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[19--]
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English
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The American claimant: Lighthearted farce featuring an American charmed by the British aristocracy and a British earl equally intrigued by his conception of the nature of America's democratic society.
Pudd'nhead Wilson: Twain's classic story of exchanged identities, slavery, and tragedy, embodied in the son of Roxana, a slave nurse, who switches her baby with that of her white master's at birth.
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Blackstone Audio Inc
Pub. Date
p2010
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English
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Considered to be one of America's all-time brightest authors, Mark Twain has left his mark on the literary world. Authoring such gems as "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," Twain's insight on the ever-evolving and expanding America gave the world a better understanding on the social issues that plagued the country. Here in his own words, Twain chronicles his life and career, offering some perspectives on how his books were created.
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University of California Press
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[2015]
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English
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"This third and final volume crowns and completes [Twain's] work. Like its companion volumes, it chronicles Twain's inner and outer life through a series of daily dictations that go wherever his fancy leads. Created from March 1907 to December 1909, these dictations present Mark Twain at the end of his life: receiving an honorary degree from Oxford University; railing against Theodore Roosevelt; founding numerous clubs; incredulous at an exhibition...
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Signet Classics
Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
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With his trademark wit, the author provides a running commentary on his experiences traveling in Europe and the Middle East, poking fun at tourists and tour guides and revealing what happens when New Barbarians' encounter the Old World.
"In 1867, Mark Twain and a group fellow-Americans toured Europe and the Holy Land, aboard a retired Civil War ship known as “Quaker City.” Throughout the journey, Twain kept a written record of his experiences....
17) Mark Twain at his best: a comprehensive sampler : with four items in book form for the first time
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Doubleday
Pub. Date
1986
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English