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Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 5 (1901-1906) Kindle Edition

by Mark Twain (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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    83 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Sticky notes
    On Kindle Scribe
  4. Publication date
    March 24, 2011
  5. File size
    194 KB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004TPFMHS
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 24, 2011
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 194 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 83 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1512185353
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 12 ratings

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Mark Twain

Mark Twain

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Mark Twain is the pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910). He was born and brought up in the American state of Missouri and, because of his father's death, he left school to earn his living when he was only twelve. He was a great adventurer and travelled round America as a printer; prospected for gold and set off for South America to earn his fortune. He returned to become a steam-boat pilot on the Mississippi River, close to where he had grown up. The Civil War put an end to steam-boating and Clemens briefly joined the Confederate army - although the rest of his family were Unionists! He had already tried his hand at newspaper reporting and now became a successful journalist. He started to use the alias Mark Twain during the Civil War and it was under this pen name that he became a famous travel writer. He took the name from his steam-boat days - it was the river pilots' cry to let their men know that the water was two fathoms deep.

Mark Twain was always nostalgic about his childhood and in 1876 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was published, based on his own experiences. The book was soon recognised as a work of genius and eight years later the sequel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, was published. The great writer Ernest Hemingway claimed that 'All modern literature stems from this one book.'

Mark Twain was soon famous all over the world. He made a fortune from writing and lost it on a typesetter he invented. He then made another fortune and lost it on a bad investment. He was an impulsive, hot-tempered man but was also quite sentimental and superstitious. He was born when Halley's Comet was passing the Earth and always believed he would die when it returned - this is exactly what happened.

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Tony Marquise Jr.
5.0 out of 5 stars The Real Twain
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2012
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This series contains the letters of Mark Twain from about the time he was getting a reputation as one of Americ's best writers. A long time ago, the only way to "talk" to someone you were not in speaking distance of was by writing them. Because of this, this series shows us the thoughts and daily concerns of Twain. There are many fine books about Mark Twain, these books show us the real man in his daily life. Recommened.
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jkol
5.0 out of 5 stars The letters give you an indication of the kind of ...
Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2016
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The letters give you an indication of the kind of man Mark Twain was. His concerns for his friends, daughters & his wife' s declining health are the topic of many of these letters to & from his friends. All of his letters have some humor in them & the one to Western Union is classic Mark Twain. One letter concerning politics is timeless.
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