Author: Shelley Fisher Fishkin
Publisher: Historical Guides to American Authors
ISBN: 9780195132939
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 330
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Mark Twain is still one of the most enduring and beloved of America's great writers. In this guide to Twain, his life and times and the historical context in which he operated Shelley Fisher Fishkin assembles original essays by leading scholars that describe and define the man.
Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520271521
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 338
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"For those unaware—as I was until I read this book—that Mark Twain was one of America's early animal advocates, Shelley Fisher Fishkin's collection of his writings on animals will come as a revelation. Many of these pieces are as fresh and lively as when they were first written, and it's wonderful to have them gathered in one place." —Peter Singer, author of Animal Liberation and The Life You Can Save “A truly exhilarating work. Mark Twain's animal-friendly views would not be out of place today, and indeed, in certain respects, Twain is still ahead of us: claiming, correctly, that there are certain degraded practices that only humans inflict on one another and upon other animals. Fishkin has done a splendid job: I cannot remember reading something so consistently excellent."—Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, author of When Elephants Weep and The Face on Your Plate "Shelley Fisher Fishkin has given us the lifelong arc of the great man's antic, hilarious, and subtly profound explorations of the animal world, and she's guided us through it with her own trademark wit and acumen. Dogged if she hasn't." —Ron Powers, author of Dangerous Water: A Biography of the Boy Who Became Mark Twain and Mark Twain: A Life
Author: Mark Twain
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783922708124
Category : Heidelberg (Germany)
Languages : en
Pages : 127
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Author: Mark Dawidziak
Publisher: Prospect Park Books
ISBN: 1938849469
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 210
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“Here is the master in all of his certainty, humor, and undertow”—this book“wonderfully underscores how contemporary Mark Twain is and always will be” (Ken Burns). Curated by a noted Mark Twain scholar who mined many of his lesser-known texts, speeches, and notebooks, this collection presents the best of the curmudgeonly author’s thoughts on many of life’s endeavors and distractions—from diet and exercise to medicine, smoking, drinking, romance, parenting, old age, fashion, finances, politics, and stress management. Always entertaining and unapologetically honest, Twain’s sage advice for the ages will leave you laughing—and might even inspire you to rethink that plan to give up gluten and join a CrossFit class. On politics: “Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.” On happiness: “There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist.” On parenthood: “Familiarity breeds contempt—and children.” On exercise: “I have seen slower people than I am . . . and even quieter, and more listless, and lazier people than I am. But they were dead.” On stress management: “Let us swear while we may, for in Heaven it will not be allowed.”
Author: Mary Ann L. Diorio
Publisher: Enslow Publishing
ISBN: 9780766024380
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Contains a biography of Mark Twain and an examination of some of his works.
Author: Mark Twain
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Author: Mark Twain
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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Author: April Jones Prince
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0448433192
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 113
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A humorist, narrator, and social observer, Mark Twain is unsurpassed in American literature. Best known as the author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain, not unlike his protagonist, Huck, has a restless spirit. He found adventure prospecting for silver in Nevada, navigating steamboats down the Mississippi, and making people laugh around the world. But Twain also had a serious streak and decried racism and injustice. His fascinating life is captured candidly in this enjoyable biography.
Author: Barbara Kerley
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545125081
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
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Thirteen-year-old Susy Clemens wants the world to know that her papa, Mark Twain, is more than just a humorist and sets out to write a comprehensive biography of the American icon.
Author: Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning
ISBN: 141033533X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 15
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A Study Guide for Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.
