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Mark Twain. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), [1] well known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist.Twain is noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), which has been called the "Great American Novel," and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876).
[201] The riverboatman's cry was "mark twain" or, more fully, "by the mark twain", meaning "according to the mark [on the line], [the depth is] two [fathoms]"; that is, "The water is 12 feet (3.7 m) deep and it is safe to pass." Twain said that his famous pen name was not entirely his invention. In Life on the Mississippi, Twain wrote:
Print/export Download as PDF; ... Books by Mark Twain (1 C, 12 P, 1 F) E. ... Short story collections by Mark Twain (6 P) Pages in category "Works by Mark Twain"
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "Books by Mark Twain" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
In September 1906, Harper and Brothers created another collection of previously published short stories and essays by Mark Twain. They compiled two separate versions of this collection: a trade print issued in red cloth binding with gold cornstalks and an ongoing series for subscription book buyers who had first purchased their sets from American Publishing Company in 1899.
Sketches New and Old is a collection of short stories by Mark Twain. It was published in 1875. All the stories are fictional except for "The Case of George Fisher." It includes the short story "A Ghost Story", among others.
Mark Twain — The Mysterious Stranger Jules Verne — The Lighthouse at the End of the World , The Golden Volcano , The Thompson Travel Agency , The Chase of the Golden Meteor , The Danube Pilot , The Survivors of the "Jonathan" , The Secret of Wilhelm Storitz , " The Eternal Adam ", The Barsac Mission , Paris in the Twentieth Century ...
a novel or book of modern voice(s) that define contemporary America: Sponsored by: David Baldacci, Michelle Baldacci, and Bank of America [1] Country: United States: Presented by: Mark Twain House: Eligibility: Normally U.S. citizens or American writers. Writers who have authored a book that taps into the core of current American society or ...