Wit and Wisecracks

By Mark Twain

Book Overview

A collection of writings by Americas foremost satirist, complemented by vintage photographs. 64-page hardcover pocket gift book with dust jacket, 3-1/4'' wide by 5-3/8'' high. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00BC10EHK
• Release Date: January 1961
• Publisher: Peter Pauper Press
• Length: 63 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Great jokes

I like this a lot- it's a very short book, but most of the jokes are one- or two-liners, so there are a lot of jokes here. It's amazing how Twain is still funny today, while some authors of his time aren't funny at all. This Kindle edition has no table of contents or forward, just jokes from start to finish.

I bought two books of Mr. Twains quips; I did not need to.

This was the second book I picked up and though it is essentially the same as "The Wit And Wisdom of Mark Twain: A Book Of Quotations" (Dover), it is just as good. Everyone (American) should read Mark Twain, pick a book of quotes and get the flavor of his unuique humor.

The great American humorist

It is always a pleasure to read Mark Twain. He is the rare writer who simply sees the world, ( and hears it) in a humorous way. While his pessimism at human nature can at times seem exaggerated his perception of human fault and foible is so precise that it rarely fails to hit the funny bone. The man who wrote to the paper that published his obituary ' that the reports of his death are greatly exaggerated, was maybe the sharpest of all the great American writers. It is possible to prefer a cheaper, more full , less picture- rich edition than this little volume, but this little volume still has enough Twainisms for no small number of chuckles and laughs.