The Portable Mark Twain Paperback - 2004
by Mark Twain; Tom Quirk (Editor); Introduction by Tom Quirk
Satirist, novelist, and keen observer of the American scene, Mark Twain remains one of the world's best-loved writers. This delightful collection of Twain's favorite and most memorable writings includes selected tales and sketches such as The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, How I Edited an Agricultural Journal Once, Jim Baker's Blue-Jay Yarn, and A True Story. It also features excerpts from his novels and travel books (including Roughing It, The Innocents Abroad, and Life on the Mississippi, among others; autobiographical and polemical writings; as well as selected letters and speeches. The collection also reprints the complete text of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, including the often omitted raftsmen passage.
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- Title The Portable Mark Twain
- Author Mark Twain; Tom Quirk (Editor); Introduction by Tom Quirk
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 579
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group
- Date 2004-11-30
- Features Bibliography, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780142437759 / 0142437751
- Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
- Dimensions 7.72 x 5.8 x 1.08 in (19.61 x 14.73 x 2.74 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Twain, Mark, Authors, American - 19th century
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004057341
- Dewey Decimal Code 818.409
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—Roy Blount, Jr.
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—Frederick Crews
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