Mark Twain

The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Mark Twain is best known for his novels and short stories. Twain uses his incredible whit to depict life in America. His books Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn have been read by school children for generations. His life on the Mississippi River has peeked the imagination of boys to go and build a raft and sail off into unknown adventures. Stories in this collection include The Mysterious Stranger -- A Fable -- Hunting the Deceitful Turkey -- The McWilliamses and the Burglar Alarm.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Book Jungle
• Seitenzahl: 116
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 233g
• ISBN-13: 9781438533827
• ISBN-10: 1438533829
• Artikelnr.: 28432549

Autorenporträt

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher and lecturer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called "The Great American Novel". Though Twain earned a great deal of money from his writings and lectures, he invested in ventures that lost a great deal of money, notably the Paige Compositor, a mechanical typesetter, which failed because of its complexity and imprecision. In the wake of these financial setbacks, he filed for protection from his creditors via bankruptcy, and with the help of Henry Huttleston Rogers eventually overcame his financial troubles. Twain chose to pay all his pre-bankruptcy creditors in full, though he had no legal responsibility to do so.