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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Mark Twain , Steve Martin , Roy Blount, Jr. , E.W. KemblePublisher: Random House USA Inc Imprint: Random House Inc Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 13.50cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 20.20cm Weight: 0.527kg ISBN: 9780679640363ISBN 10: 0679640363 Pages: 608 Publication Date: 30 May 2000 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsOld pieces of humor are like antique toys: Some of them still work and some don't, but they all have a certain fascination. Especially if we know that they worked for Mark Twain. And when you find one that does still work after, say, a century and a half, if you are like me you say things like 'Look at that workmanship' to cover your wonderment at sharing inner-child glee with someone who was in the grave when your grandmother was born. To my surprise, I feel that way about a good many pieces in this book. --from the Introduction by Roy Blount, Jr. Mark Twain is the Lincoln of our literature. --William Dean Howells Old pieces of humor are like antique toys: Some of them still work and some don't, but they all have a certain fascination. Especially if we know that they worked for Mark Twain. And when you find one that does still work after, say, a century and a half, if you are like me you say things like 'Look at that workmanship' to cover your wonderment at sharing inner-child glee with someone who was in the grave when your grandmother was born. To my surprise, I feel that way about a good many pieces in this book. --from the Introduction by Roy Blount, Jr. <br> Mark Twain is the Lincoln of our literature. --William Dean Howells """Old pieces of humor are like antique toys: Some of them still work and some don't, but they all have a certain fascination. Especially if we know that they worked for Mark Twain. And when you find one that does still work after, say, a century and a half, if you are like me you say things like 'Look at that workmanship' to cover your wonderment at sharing inner-child glee with someone who was in the grave when your grandmother was born. To my surprise, I feel that way about a good many pieces in this book."" --from the Introduction by Roy Blount, Jr. ""Mark Twain is the Lincoln of our literature.""--William Dean Howells" Author InformationMark Twain (1835-1910) was born Samuel Clemens in Missouri. As a boy, he worked as a printer and a Mississippi River pilot. A leading literary influence in his own time and ever since, he is the author of many classics, including Roughing It, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Life on the Mississippi, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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