Autobiography of Mark Twain: In Defense of Naps, Bacon, Martinis, Profanity, and Other Indulgences - Brossura

Twain, Mark

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ISBN 10: 0060955422 ISBN 13: 9780060955427

Casa editrice: Harper USA, 2014

Riassunto

"Mark Twain's autobiography is a classic of American letters, to be ranked with the autobiographies of Benjamin Franklin and Henry Adams.... It has the marks of greatness in it--style, scope, imagination, laughter, tragedy."

--From the Introduction by Charles Neider

Mark Twain was a figure larger than fife: massive in talent, eruptive in temperament, unpredictable in his actions. He crafted stories of heroism, adventure, tragedy, and comedy that reflected the changing America of the time, and he tells his own story--which includes sixteen pages of photos--with the same flair he brought to his fiction. Writing this autobiography on his deathbed, Twain vowed to he "free and frank and unembarrassed" in the recounting of his life and his experiences.

Twain was more than a match for the expanding America of riverboats, gold rushes, and the vast westward movement, which provided the material for his novels and which served to inspire this beloved and uniquely American autobiography.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Charles Neider was an essayist, novelist, nature writer, and noted scholar of Mark Twain. He died in 2001.

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Book by Neider Charles

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Harper USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0060955422
• ISBN 13: 9780060955427
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 562