Mark Twain and His World
by Kaplan, Justin
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good in very good dust jacket. Some page soiling noted.
- ISBN 10
- 0517388634
- ISBN 13
- 9780517388631
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Crescent Books, 1982. Reprint. First printing thus [stated]. Hardcover. Good in very good dust jacket. Some page soiling noted.. 224 pages. Illustrations (some in color). Text Sources. Index. This is the story of a man described as America's greatest writer and wit. Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) at various times was a soldier, printer/publisher, journalist; lecturer, inventor, and river boat pilot as well as a novelist and humorist. This work contains more than 160 illustrations and help form a pictorial biography of Twain. In addition his family and friends are all represented and there are contemporary drawings of characters and scenes from his works. The author was very comfortable with the mid and late 19th century. His work on Walt Whitman won the American Book Award.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 66357
- Title
- Mark Twain and His World
- Author
- Kaplan, Justin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in very good dust jacket. Some page soiling noted.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint. First printing thus [stated]
- ISBN 10
- 0517388634
- ISBN 13
- 9780517388631
- Publisher
- Crescent Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- Samuel Clemens, Mark Twain, William Dean Howells, Samossoud, Ulysses Grant, Bret Harte, James Paige, Nook Farm, Joseph Twichell, Artemus Ward
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