Download or read book Hello Goodbye Hello written by Craig Brown and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of whimsical true encounters between famous and infamous individuals describes the unlikely meetings of Marilyn Monroe with Frank Lloyd Wright, Michael Jackson with Nancy Reagan, and Sigmund Freud with Gustav Mahler.
Download or read book Meet Mark Twain written by Stephen Stewart and published by . This book was released on 2003-04-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MEET MARK TWAIN: Mark Twain vs. Samuel L. Clemens: Identities Behind Dualities, conclusively unmasks Mark Twain for the first time! Readers searching for Mark Twain details are started right with this little time saving book that provides the latest research in the fewest number of pages; Readers will find understanding Mark Twain and his works easier after reading this book: "Those of us seeking to understand Mark Twain are no-longer limited by big fat confusing books containing obsolete biography." Mark Twain dearly adored a coup. From MEET MARK TWAIN readers will learn a previously undiscovered coup that Twain himself prepared: A truly endearing message. Exposed by a logical progression examination of Twain's published works, Twain's endearing message exposes a working model of society, which by example can help explain and smooth developments in our modern times, yet it goes mostly unmentioned in society today. Publishing the results of a logical progression examination, offers for the first time not only an important story in our modern times but, the important story of the day. Unique description introduces readers to a respectable resemblance of Mark Twain´s history. Verifiable history, which had been concealed for years, provides insightful explanations. MEET MARK TWAIN represents the work of a dedicated researcher who provides corrected biography. Value is instantly recognizable: By delivering an accurate Twain description, readers start with an elevated introduction, and MEET MARK TWAIN achieves what no other Twain exegesis ever has. Getting the right start, is the fastest and simplest way to a good understanding. The situation is simple enough, after reading this book it has changed the understanding of Mark Twain for everyone that had one, for those who had no understanding of Mark Twain, this book gave them a right start. MEET MARK TWAIN does not repeat monotonous details covered in other biographies. This book supersedes dull biographies by providing new information for a correct overall understanding. MEET MARK TWAIN is a short primer that supplies a respectable starting point for students. As an example of Twain's style MEET MARK TWAIN is written by, Grat Dabby, a fictional teenage boy. Grat Dabby's writing style is a more accurate characterization of some teenagers writing style than any teenager characterization ever accomplished by Twain; Grat's text has a heavenly charm. Grat Dabby's character is similar to Tom Sawyer´s or Huckleberry Finn´s; so be prepared for either omniscient or typical, teenage hijinks! Below is a short excerpt from the book. "Because there is no other, no attempt has been made to create a new Clemens. The only attempt has been to strip an imposition bare, and to hurl it down, regardless of who suffers by it. Conceivably,... fundamental,... genuine Clemens, is introduced here. A Clemens, that for multifarious unfeigned and feigned reasons, few have had the benefit of meeting before. As Freud brought sex out from its mid-Victorian cloak, the facade obscuring the underlaying true character of Clemens once revealed here unmasks Clemens and his message."
Download or read book Who Is Mark Twain written by Mark Twain and published by Harper Perennial. This book was released on 2010-04-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You had better shove this in the stove," Mark Twain said at the top of an 1865 letter to his brother, "for I don't want any absurd ‘literary remains' and ‘unpublished letters of Mark Twain' published after I am planted." He was joking, of course. But when Mark Twain died in 1910, he left behind the largest collection of personal papers created by any nineteenth-century American author. Who Is Mark Twain? presents twenty-six wickedly funny, disarmingly relevant pieces by the American master—a man who was well ahead of his time.
Download or read book The Twain Shall Meet written by Susan Madeline Bailey and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did famous author Mark Twain's only surviving child, Clara, and her daughter, Nina Clemens Gabrilowitsch, take a life-long secret to their graves? After extensive research, and using techniques from genetic genealogy, The Twain Shall Meet authors believe the answer is a resounding "yes." If you thought you knew everything about Samuel Langhorne Clemens' family, this book will be a page-turning eye opener. This work of nonfiction takes the reader on a mesmerizing and heartwarming journey into the tangled universe of mother-daughter relationships as co-authors Susan Bailey and genealogist and historic researcher Deborah Gosselin seek to uncover the identity of Bailey's mother-a quest that leads them straight into the heart of Clara's and Nina's world.
Download or read book A Bibliography of the Work of Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book No 44 The Mysterious Stranger written by Mark Twain and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011-02-05 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: Berkeley, Calif; London: University of California Press, 1969.
Download or read book Chasing the Last Laugh written by Richard Zacks and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1890s, Mark Twain came back from the dead. The famous author’s career was collapsing, his masterpieces were at risk of falling into oblivion, and he was even mistakenly reported dead. But Twain orchestrated an amazing late-in-life comeback from bankruptcy, bad reviews, and family disaster by setting out on an unprecedented international comedy tour to restore his fortunes. Richard Zacks’s Chasing the Last Laugh captures some of Twain’s cleverest and funniest moments—many newly discovered in unpublished notebooks and letters—as he rode elephants in India, sorted diamonds in South Africa, and talked his way out of hell ninety minutes at a time. This untold chapter in the author’s life began with ridiculously bad choices and ended in hard-won triumph.
Download or read book My Mark Twain written by William Dean Howells and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reminiscences of Howells' friendship with Mark Twain, followed by criticism of about a dozen of his major works (chiefly book reviews previously published in various periodicals).
Download or read book Bambino and Mr Twain written by P. I. Maltbie and published by Charlesbridge. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grieving the death of his wife, Mark Twain shuts himself up in his Fifth Avenue house and abandons his writing. Only his daughter's cantankerous cat, Bambino, seems to understand Twain and his moods. When the feisty cat disappears, Twain is determined to find him. Full color.
Download or read book Mark Twain s Autobiography written by Mark Twain and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Personal Memoirs of U S Grant written by Ulysses Simpson Grant and published by New York, C. L. Webster & Company. This book was released on 1885 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faced with failing health and financial ruin, the Civil War's greatest general and former president wrote his personal memoirs to secure his family's future - and won himself a unique place in American letters. Devoted almost entirely to his life as a soldier, Grant's Memoirs traces the trajectory of his extraordinary career - from West Point cadet to general-in-chief of all Union armies. For their directness and clarity, his writings on war are without rival in American literature, and his autobiography deserves a place among the very best in the genre.
Download or read book Grant and Twain written by Mark Perry and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2005-05-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spring of 1884 Ulysses S. Grant heeded the advice of Mark Twain and finally agreed to write his memoirs. Little did Grant or Twain realize that this seemingly straightforward decision would profoundly alter not only both their lives but the course of American literature. Over the next fifteen months, as the two men became close friends and intimate collaborators, Grant raced against the spread of cancer to compose a triumphant account of his life and times—while Twain struggled to complete and publish his greatest novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.In this deeply moving and meticulously researched book, veteran writer Mark Perry reconstructs the heady months when Grant and Twain inspired and cajoled each other to create two quintessentially American masterpieces. In a bold and colorful narrative, Perry recounts the early careers of these two giants, traces their quest for fame and elusive fortunes, and then follows the series of events that brought them together as friends. The reason Grant let Twain talk him into writing his memoirs was simple: He was bankrupt and needed the money. Twain promised Grant princely returns in exchange for the right to edit and publish the book—and though the writer’s own finances were tottering, he kept his word to the general and his family. Mortally ill and battling debts, magazine editors, and a constant crush of reporters, Grant fought bravely to get the story of his life and his Civil War victories down on paper. Twain, meanwhile, staked all his hopes, both financial and literary, on the tale of a ragged boy and a runaway slave that he had been unable to finish for decades. As Perry delves into the story of the men’s deepening friendship and mutual influence, he arrives at the startling discovery of the true model for the character of Huckleberry Finn. With a cast of fascinating characters, including General William T. Sherman, William Dean Howells, William Henry Vanderbilt, and Abraham Lincoln, Perry’s narrative takes in the whole sweep of a glittering, unscrupulous age. A story of friendship and history, inspiration and desperation, genius and ruin, Grant and Twain captures a pivotal moment in the lives of two towering Americans and the age they epitomized.
Download or read book Dear Mark Twain written by Mark Twain and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2013-04-21 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects two hundred letters from readers of Mark Twain to the author himself, offering a glimpse into the lives and sensibilites of nineteenth-century children, preachers, con artists, inmates, and other fans of the author's work.
Download or read book The Innocents Abroad written by Mark Twain and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-05-04 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1869.
Download or read book Meet Amazing Americans Mark Twain written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Library of Congress presents information about American writer Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), who used the pseudonym Mark Twain. A timeline is offered that shows significant American events that occurred during Clemens' lifetime. The library provides a brief biographical sketch and highlights Clemens' novel "Huckleberry Finn" and the author's reputation as a humorist.
Download or read book A Family Sketch and Other Private Writings written by Mark Twain and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2014-11-07 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book publishes, for the first time in full, the two most revealing of Mark Twain’s private writings. Here he turns his mind to the daily life he shared with his wife Livy, their three daughters, a great many servants, and an imposing array of pets. These first-hand accounts display this gifted and loving family in the period of its flourishing. Mark Twain began to write "A Family Sketch" in response to the early death of his eldest daughter, Susy, but the manuscript grew under his hands to become an exuberant account of the entire household. His record of the childrens’ sayings—"Small Foolishnesses"—is next, followed by the related manuscript "At the Farm." Also included are selections from Livy’s 1885 diary and an authoritative edition of Susy’s biography of her father, written when she was a teenager. Newly edited from the original manuscripts, this anthology is a unique record of a fascinating family.
Download or read book Twain Stanley Enter Paradise written by Oscar Hijuelos and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twain & Stanley Enter Paradise, by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Oscar Hijuelos, is a luminous work of fiction inspired by the real-life, 37-year friendship between two towering figures of the late nineteenth century, famed writer and humorist Mark Twain and legendary explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley. Hijuelos was fascinated by the Twain-Stanley connection and eventually began researching and writing a novel that used the scant historical record of their relationship as a starting point for a more detailed fictional account. It was a labor of love for Hijuelos, who worked on the project for more than ten years, publishing other novels along the way but always returning to Twain and Stanley; indeed, he was still revising the manuscript the day before his sudden passing in 2013. The resulting novel is a richly woven tapestry of people and events that is unique among the author's works, both in theme and structure. Hijuelos ingeniously blends correspondence, memoir, and third-person omniscience to explore the intersection of these Victorian giants in a long vanished world. From their early days as journalists in the American West, to their admiration and support of each other's writing, their mutual hatred of slavery, their social life together in the dazzling literary circles of the period, and even a mysterious journey to Cuba to search for Stanley's adoptive father, Twain & Stanley Enter Paradise superbly channels two vibrant but very different figures. It is also a study of Twain's complex bond with Mrs. Stanley, the bohemian portrait artist Dorothy Tennant, who introduces Twain and his wife to the world of sv©ances and mediums after the tragic death of their daughter. A compelling and deeply felt historical fantasia that utilizes the full range of Hijuelos' gifts, Twain & Stanley Enter Paradise stands as an unforgettable coda to a brilliant writing career.
