The portable Mark Twain
By: edited with an introduction by Tom Quirk.
Contributors: Quirk, Tom, 1946-
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 583
Subjects: Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Correspondence; Humorous stories, American; Authors, American -- 19th century -- Correspondence
Genres: Correspondence.
Description: "This collection of Twain's favorite and most memorable writings includes such selected tales and sketches as "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," "How I Edited an Agricultural Journal Once," "Jim Baker's Blue-Jay Yarn," and "A True Story." It also features excerpts from his novels and travel books (Roughing It, The Innocents Abroad, and Life on the Mississippi, among others); autobiographical and polemical writings; as well as selected letters and speeches. The collection also reprints the complete text of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, including the often omitted "raftsmen" passage."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [xli]-xlv).