The best short stories of Mark Twain
By: edited, with a preface and notes, by Lawrence I. Berkove ; introduction by Pete Hamill.
Contributors: Berkove, Lawrence I.
Edition: Modern Library pbk. ed.
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 364
Subjects: Humorous stories, American
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-364).
Table of contents: title: Jim Smiley and his jumping frog --; title: The story of the bad little boy who didn't come to grief --; title: Cannibalism in the cars --; title: Journalism in Tennessee --; title: The story of the good little boy who did not prosper --; title: How I edited an agricultural paper once --; title: Political ecoonomy --; title: A true story, repeated word for word as I heard it --; title: The facts concerning the recent carnival of crime in Connecticut --; title: Punch, brothers, punch! --; title: Jim Baker's blue-jay yarn --; title: The stolen white elephant --; title: The McWilliamses and the burglar alarm --; title: The private history of a campaign that failed --; title: Extracts from Adam's diary --; title: The man that corrupted Hadleyburg --; title: The $30,000 bequest --; title: Eve's diary --; title: Captain Stormfield's visit to heaven --; title: Letter from the recording angel --; title: The great dark --; title: The second advent ; Appendix War times --; title: Private history of the "Jumping Frog" story --; title: How to tell a story.