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The Autobiography of Mark Twain is a collection of reminiscences and reflections. Twain began dictating them in 1870, and in 1906 he published Chapters from My Autobiography in twenty-five installments in the North American Review. He continued to write stories for his autobiography, most of which weren¿t published in his lifetime due to a lack of access to his papers, or their private subject matters. After Twain¿s death, numerous editors hav...

The irrepressible Tom Sawyer drives his Aunt Polly to distraction, she can¿t decide whether to cry or laugh at his antics. He fights, falls in love, and finds adventure with two of his friends, one of whom will later become famous in his own right. Along the way he attends his own funeral, wins the girl by falsely confessing to something she did, and, most famously, convinces most of the boys in town to pay him for the privilege of painting hi...

The essential facts regarding Joan of Arc are well known. A young teenage girl hears voices that tell her she will deliver France from England¿s oppression during the Hundred Years War. She manages to take her message to the dauphin, who after some persuasion places her at the head of his army. That army promptly lifts the siege of Orléans, throws the English out of the Loire valley, hands them another significant defeat at Patay, and marches ...

When Orion Clemens is appointed Secretary of the Nevada Territory, his brother Samuel Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, joins him on his journey west. Together with their all-important six pounds of Unabridged Dictionary they make their way to Nevada in a six-horsed mail coach and are, of course, derailed by all sorts of problems. In Roughing It Twain combines the beautiful descriptions of the West¿s idyllic landscape with his ...

The Prince and the Pauper remains one of Twain¿s more popular novels, having been adapted many times for the stage, screen, and elsewhere. When Tom Canty, a young pauper in London, meets Prince Edward, the two switch clothes and assume the other¿s identity. Tom then learns the life of royalty, while the true prince discovers the troubles of commoners. As usual, Twain delivers both humor and social commentary in abundance. Although aimed at chi...

Roughing It - The complete works of Mark Twain is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1899. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hans...

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If you like wild adventures then The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is the story for you! Tom Sawyer is imaginative, exuberant and full of bravado and creates quite a stir when he moves to a small village to stay with his Aunt Polly. But when he accidentally witnesses a murder, Tom is suddenly faced with trouble that's beyond fun mischief. Not only does this edition include the complete, unabridged text, it is also full of extra material to help you...

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These ten classic stories from four of America's greatest authors of the 19th and early 20th centuries--Mark Twain, Stephen Crane, Ambrose Bierce, and Jack London--were selected for their literary importance as well as their dramatic oral qualities. These stories are read by Patrick Fraley, Bruce Robertson, Patrick Hagan, and Russ Holcomb. Unabridged. 5 CDs.

Switched at birth by a young slave woman who fears for her son's life, a light-skinned infant changes place with the master's white son.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" With an introduction by Robert Maniquis Mark Twain's novel is one of the first American literary masterpieces, embracing local vernacular to personify the unique small-town culture of this fledgling nation. Twain drew the adventures of the mischievous yet heroic Tom Sawyer from his own youth in a riverside Missouri town in the 1840s, and created perhaps the finest book about boyhood ever writtten. "The Adventures...

Two young look-alikes in 16th-century England decide to trade clothes and roles, a situation that drastically alters the lives of both. This timeless tale of transposed identities remains one of Twain's best-loved novels.

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