Who Was?: Who Was Mark Twain?

By April Jones Prince

4.00 JOD

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ISBN: 9780448433196

Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc

Binding: Paperback

Number of Pages: 112

Publication Date: 24-May-04

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A humorist, narrator, and social observer, Mark Twain is unsurpassed in American literature.

Best known as the author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain, not unlike his protagonist, Huck, has a restless spirit.

He found adventure prospecting for silver in Nevada, navigating steamboats down the Mississippi, and making people laugh around the world.

But Twain also had a serious streak and decried racism and injustice. His fascinating life is captured candidly in this enjoyable biography.

April Prince lives with her husband, David, and their sons in a house full of antiques in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.

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April Prince lives with her husband, David, and their sons in a house full of antiques in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.

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A humorist, narrator, and social observer, Mark Twain is unsurpassed in American literature. Best known as the author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain, not unlike his protagonist, Huck, has a restless spirit. He found adventure prospecting for silver in Nevada, navigating steamboats down the Mississippi, and making people laugh around the world. But Twain also had a serious streak and decried racism and injustice. His fascinating life is captured candidly in this enjoyable biography.