Mark Twain: America's Humorist, Dreamer, Prophet

By Clinton Cox

Book Overview

Riverboat pilot, newspaper reporter, adventurer, satirist, and writer, Mark Twain was and is a towering figure in American literature. This definitive biography offers a fresh viewpoint on his... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590456423
• ISBN13: 9780590456425
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 9

Customer Reviews

An in depth look at one of America's greatest writters

This book is a well wriiten in depth look at oneof America's greatest writters. We journey through Twain'sbirth in Monroe County, Missouri, through hisboyhood in Hannibal, Missouri, and the rest of his international travels, to his funeral in New York City in 1910. This book traces parallels between Twain's constant travels and developing writting style in a brief well written manor. The book encludes photographs and journal entries that give us an up close look at a genious. Adam J. Miller (Wizard@surenet.com)