Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America?s Most-Revered Humorist

Twain, Mark

ISBN 10: 1628737999 / ISBN 13: 9781628737998

Editore: Skyhorse, 2014

Codice articolo 4Q2SPP001ZOF

Riassunto:

Revered as one of America’s greatest humorists and author of the “Great American Novel” (Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), the words of Samuel Langhorne Clemens—more commonly known as Mark Twain—resonate as strongly today as they did when he wrote them more than a century ago. A close friend of Nikola Tesla and heralded by William Faulkner as “the father of American literature,” Twain’s wit, wisdom, and influence continues through the present day.

Printer, typesetter, steamboat pilot, miner, reporter, journalist, author, inventor, humorist, investor, publisher, lecturer—Mark Twain was known as many things during his lifetime and has had at least as many titles thrust upon him since this death, but perhaps what he is best known for is being a source of good old-fashioned common sense. Whatever the topic—whether science and technology, life and love, history and culture, travel and exploration, civil rights and human rights, labor and politics, or ethics and religion—Twain had much to say and many ways to say it. Here, culled from his greatest novels, speeches, letters, conversations, and lectures is the best wisdom and advice—humorous, sardonic, and insightful as always.

Informazioni sull'autore:

Mark Twain (1835?1910) was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in Florida, Missouri. Known by his contemporaries as ?the father of American literature,” his career varied from journalist, novelist, and lecturer to riverboat pilot and inventor. He is the author of several American classics, including Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. Clemens died in Connecticut in 1910.

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Titolo: Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice ...
Casa editrice: Skyhorse
Data di pubblicazione: 2014
Legatura: Rilegato
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