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Series
Library of America volume 60-61
Publisher
The Library of America
Pub. Date
1992
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
A never-before-published, previously unfinished Mark Twain children s story is brought to life by Caldecott Medal winners Philip Stead and Erin Stead. Johnny, forlorn and alone except for his pet chicken, meets a kind woman who gives him seeds that change his fortune, allowing him to speak with animals and sending him on a quest to rescue a stolen prince. In the face of a bullying tyrant king, Johnny and his animal friends come to understand that...
Author
Language
English
Description
A young runaway boards a raft and sets off down the Mississippi, setting in motion a series of memorable adventures that have intrigued readers of all ages for over a century. Huck Finn and his loyal companion, the escaped slave Jim, form one of literature's greatest friendships. This abridged, easy-to-read version includes 15 illustrations.
Author
Series
Pacific classics volume no. 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twenty-five letters written from Hawaii by Mark Twain in 1866, while he was working as a roving reporter for the Sacramento Union newspaper, in which he shares his observations on the industry, people, scenery, climate, culture, society, and other aspects of life in the islands.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
"Upon the border of a remote and out-of-the-way village in south-western Missouri lived an old farmer named John Gray. . . ."In 1876, the same year The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was published, Mark Twain wrote a story for The Atlantic Monthly. He meant it as a "blind novelette"a challenge to other writers to submit their own ending of the story in a national competition. Twain asked his editor at The Atlantic to request submissions from leading authors...
Author
Series
Library of America volume 71
Publisher
Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Books USA
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
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