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Journalist, humorist, author, wit, raconteur, an of letters and genial curmudgeon, Samuel L. Clemens (1835-1910) - better known as Mark Twain - is one of the most celebrated American writers of the 19th century. In such memorable characters as Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Life on the Mississippi and other works, and in his own speeches, letters and conversations, Twain reveals himself as both an incomparable humorist and an insightful observer of social and human foibles.

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Barber offers readers and writers a treasurable book at a small price. -- Linda Piwowarczyk Suburban Chicago News (08/01/2003)

Amusing and memorable.--Linda Piwowarczyk Chicago Sun Newspapers (12/11/2003)

Barber offers readers and writers a treasurable book at a small price.--Linda Piwowarczyk Suburban Chicago News (08/01/2003)

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David W. Barber is the best selling author of several Sound And Vision books including Bach, Beethoven and the Boys and Tutus, Tights and Tiptoes, and also editor of two previous books in the Quotable series, Quotable Alice and Quotable Sherlock. Quotable Twain

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