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THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYERTake a lighthearted, nostalgic trip to a simpler time, seen through the eyes of a very special boy named Tom Sawyer. It is a dreamlike summertime world of hooky and adventure, pranks and punishment, villains and first love, filled with memorable characters. Adults and you...
Author
Mark Twain
Binding
Mass Market Paperback
Pages
560
Publisher
Signet
ISBN #
0451532147
EAN Code
9780451532145
ISBN #
5
This two-volume anthology represents America's literary heritage from colonial times through the American renaissance to the contemporary era of post-modernism. Volume I offers early contextual selections from Christopher Columbus and Gaspar Perez de Villagra, as well as an excerpt from the Iroquois...
Author
George McMichael, James S. Leonard, Shelley Fisher Fishkin, David Bradley, Dana D. Nelson, Joseph Csicsila
Binding
Paperback
Pages
2256
Publisher
Pearson
ISBN #
0205779395
EAN Code
9780205779390
ISBN #
2
American novelist E.L. Doctorow once observed that literature “endows places with meaning.” Yet, as this wide-ranging new book vividly illustrates, understanding the places that shaped American writers’ lives and their art can provide deep insight into what makes their literature truly meaningful. ...
Author
Shelley Fisher Fishkin
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
336
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
ISBN #
0813575974
EAN Code
9780813575971
ISBN #
1
"The American Claimant is enormous fun. I'm here to celebrate the mad energy of this strange novel. In it we have the pleasure of seeing Mark Twain's imagination go berserk," writes Bobbie Ann Mason in her charming introduction to this novel. The American Claimant is a comedy of mistaken identities ...
Author
Mark Twain
Binding
Paperback
Pages
368
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN #
0195114124
EAN Code
9780195114126
ISBN #
10
Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872—1906) overcame racism and poverty to become one of the best-known authors in America, and the first African American to earn a living from his poetry, fiction, drama, journalism, and lectures. This original collection includes the short novel The Sport of the Gods, Dunbar’...
Author
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Binding
Paperback
Pages
480
Publisher
Modern Library
ISBN #
0812972791
EAN Code
9780812972795
ISBN #
9
Mark Twain (born Samuel Clemens), a former printer's apprentice, journalist, steamboat pilot, and miner, remains to this day one of the most enduring and beloved of America's great writers. Combining cultural criticism with historical scholarship, A Historical Guide to Mark Twain addresses a wide ra...
Binding
Paperback
Pages
328
Publisher
NY: Oxford University Press, Inc.
ISBN #
0195132939
EAN Code
9780195132939
ISBN #
8
The University of California Press is delighted to announce the new publication of this three-act play by one of America's most important and well-loved writers. A highly entertaining comedy that has never appeared in print or on stage, Is He Dead? is finally available to the wide audience Mark Twai...
Author
Mark Twain, Richard A. Watson
Binding
Paperback
Pages
246
Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN #
0520248333
EAN Code
9780520248335
ISBN #
7
"It wasn't clear in 1870 what sort of sequel Twain might devise after the triumph of The Innocents Abroad, but all indications suggest that he would continue to excel as a writer of humorous travelogue. Instead, he surprised readers and himself by taking an enormous step in the direction of literary...
Author
Mark Twain
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
704
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN #
0195101332
EAN Code
9780195101331
ISBN #
6