Bibliograph

A treasury of Mark Twain, introduction by Roy Blount Jr ; illustrated by Rod Waters

Type

Label

A treasury of Mark Twain, introduction by Roy Blount Jr ; illustrated by Rod Waters

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A treasury of Mark Twain

Oclc number

41664097

Responsibility statement

introduction by Roy Blount Jr ; illustrated by Rod Waters

Summary

A collection of stories by Mark Twain

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Prefatory -- The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County -- Concerning chambermaids -- Jim Baker's blue jay yarn -- Taming the bicycle -- Fenimore Cooper's literary offenses -- Journalism in Tennessee -- A touching story of George Washington's boyhood -- A complaint about correspondents -- The story of the bad little boy who didn't come to grief -- The story of the good little boy who did not prosper -- The man that corrupted Hadleyburg -- General Washington's negro body-servant -- Burlesque autobiography -- Running for governor -- The case of George Fisher -- Curing a cold -- A day's work! -- The undertaker's chat -- An American in Europe -- Guying the guides -- Ascending Mont Blanc -- European food -- Back from 'Yurrup' -- The £1,000,000 bank note -- An item which the editor himself could not understand -- The great earthquake in San Francisco -- Punch, brothers, punch -- Post-mortem poetry -- What Hank said to Horace Greeley -- About magnanimous-incident literature -- On the decay of the art of lying -- The private history of a campaign that failed

Target audience

adult

Classification