Mark Twain
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This sparkling anthology of Mark Twain’s most trenchant remarks has been culled from his books, speeches, letters and conversations recorded by contemporaries. The sayings are as fresh today as when he first wrote them and represent Twain at his wittiest and best.
A sparkling anthology culled from Mark Twain’s books, speeches, letters and conversations. As humorous and relevant today as they were in his time.
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"From Percival Everett--a recipient of the NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Booker Prize, and numerous PEN awards--comes James, a retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby...
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This carefully edited collection of world's most admired westerns will take you on a roller coaster ride through the plains of Wild West, the old trails, gold rush adventures, frontier sagas and more! Introduction The Last American Frontier – History of the 'Far West', of the Pioneers & Trailblazers Story of the Cowboy Story of the Outlaw Novels & Stories Riders of the Purple Sage Saga (Zane Grey) Ohio River Trilogy Dan Barry Series (Max Brand)...
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This collection of world's greatest western novels and stories include rip roarin' cowboy adventures, tales of the famous outcasts, the heroes of the Wild West, conniving villains and intriguing sagas: - Andy Adams - Ann S. Stephens - B. M. Bower - Bret Harte - Charles Alden Seltzer - Charles King - Charles Siringo - Dane Coolidge - Emerson Hough - Forrestine C. Hooker - Frank H. Spearman - Frederic Homer Balch - Frederic Remington - Grace Livingston...