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Mark Twain on Potholes and Politics: Letters to the Editor (Mark Twain and His Circle) (Volume 1) Hardcover – Illustrated, December 16, 2014
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A frequent outlet for Twain’s wit was in letters to the editors of various newspapers and periodicals. Sharing his thoughts and opinions on topical issues ranging from national affairs to local social events, with swipes along the way at woman suffrage, potholes, literary piracy and other scams, slow mail delivery, police corruption, capital punishment, and the removal of Huck Finn from libraries, Twain never hesitated to speak his mind. And now thanks to Gary Scharnhorst, more than a hundred of these letters are available in one place for us to enjoy.
From his opinions on the execution of an intellectually brilliant murderer, to his scathing review of a bureau he perceived as “a pack of idiots” running on a currency of doughnuts, Twain’s pure, unbridled voice is evident throughout his letters. Mark Twain on Potholes and Politicsgives readers a chance to delve further than ever before into the musings of the most recognizable voice in American literature.
- Print length224 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherUniversity of Missouri
- Publication dateDecember 16, 2014
- Reading age18 years and up
- Dimensions6 x 1 x 9 inches
- ISBN-100826220460
- ISBN-13978-0826220462
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- Publisher : University of Missouri; First Edition (December 16, 2014)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 224 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0826220460
- ISBN-13 : 978-0826220462
- Reading age : 18 years and up
- Item Weight : 1.05 pounds
- Dimensions : 6 x 1 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #5,113,144 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #8,320 in American Fiction Anthologies
- #9,582 in American Literature Criticism
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About the author
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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- Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2019I heard the author give a presentation about this book before it came out -- funniest lecture I ever heard at the Center for Mark Twain Studies at Elmira College.. I perform as Twain and there's lots of interesting material here to work with. Book arrived on time and in great shape -- although I was distressed to see that a library had discarded such a recent book!