Description: Further DetailsTitle: Dear Mark TwainCondition: NewEAN: 9780520261341ISBN: 9780520261341Publisher: University of California PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 04/21/2013Item Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 24mmItem Weight: 590gContributor: R. Kent Rasmussen (Edited by), Mark Twain (Other primary creator)Language: EnglishSubtitle: Letters from His ReadersISBN-10: 0520261348Description: A voracious pack-rat, Mark Twain hoarded his readers' letters as did few of his contemporaries. Dear Mark Twain collects 200 of these letters written by a diverse cross-section of correspondents from around the world - children, farmers, schoolteachers, businessmen, preachers, railroad clerks, inmates of mental institutions, con artists, and even a former president. It is a unique and groundbreaking book - the first published collection of reader letters to any writer of Mark Twain's time. Its contents afford a rare and exhilarating glimpse into the sensibilities of nineteenth-century people while revealing the impact Samuel L. Clemens had on his readers. Clemens' own and often startling comments and replies are also included. R. Kent Rasmussen's extensive research provides fascinating profiles of the correspondents, whose personal stories are often as interesting as their letters. Ranging from gushing fan appreciations and requests for help and advice to suggestions for writing projects and stinging criticisms, the letters are filled with perceptive insights, pathos, and unintentional but often riotous humor.Many are deeply moving, more than a few are hilarious, some may be shocking, but none are dull.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: BiographyBook Series: Jumping Frogs: Undiscovered, Rediscovered, and Celebrated Writings of Mark TwainAuthor: R. Kent RasmussenRelease Year: 2013 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Dear Mark Twain
Title: Dear Mark Twain
EAN: 9780520261341
ISBN: 9780520261341
Release Date: 04/21/2013
Release Year: 2013
Contributor: Mark Twain (Other primary creator)
Subtitle: Letters from His Readers
ISBN-10: 0520261348
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Series: Jumping Frogs: Undiscovered, Rediscovered, and Celebrated Writing
Book Title: Dear Mark Twain : Letters from His Readers
Number of Pages: 316 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Year: 2013
Topic: Letters, Literary, American / General, Books & Reading
Item Height: 0.9 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Literary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 20.8 Oz
Author: Mark Twain
Item Length: 9 in
Book Series: Jumping Frogs: Undiscovered, Rediscovered, and Celebrated Writings of Mark Twain Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
