Mark Twain |
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Author:
| Ward, Geoffrey C. Burns, Ken Duncan, Dayton |
Read by:
| Meisle, Bill |
ISBN: | 978-0-375-42047-4 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2001 |
Publisher: | Random House Audio Publishing Group
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Book Format: | Audio cassette |
List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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Read by 4 cassettes/6 hours A companion audiobook to the 4-hour PBS television series. From the authors ofJazz, Baseball,andThe Civil War: a biography of one of the central figures of our literature—the American titan who gave us Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, andLife on the Mississippi. Using material from Twain's works, diaries, and letters,Mark Twainfollows the great writer/humorist/lecturer/people's philosopher from the Hannibal, Missouri of his childhood, to the Europe and...
More DescriptionRead by 4 cassettes/6 hours A companion audiobook to the 4-hour PBS television series. From the authors ofJazz, Baseball,andThe Civil War: a biography of one of the central figures of our literature—the American titan who gave us Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, andLife on the Mississippi. Using material from Twain's works, diaries, and letters,Mark Twainfollows the great writer/humorist/lecturer/people's philosopher from the Hannibal, Missouri of his childhood, to the Europe and Middle East of his travels (and hilarious travel books); from his beginnings as a newspaperman to his storied life as (in his own words) "the most conspicuous man on the planet." The essential companion audiobook to the upcoming public television series,Mark Twainalso stands on its own as an enthralling biography.