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3 days ago · In 1857, at 22-years-old, Clemens apprenticed as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River. A year later, he convinced his younger brother Henry to join him. Then, in June, a boiler exploded near ...
5 days ago · An illustration of an open book. Books ... The $30,000 bequest and other stories ... The $30,000 bequest and other stories by Mark Twain. Publication date 1917
3 days ago · Mark Twain's Tales of the Macabre and Mysterious, the New Book Edited by Kent Rasmussen.
4 days ago · American literature - Novels, Short Stories, Fiction: Two distinct groups of novelists responded to the cultural impact, and especially the technological horror, of World War II. Norman Mailer’s The Naked and the Dead (1948) and Irwin Shaw’s The Young Lions (1948) were realistic war novels, though Mailer’s book was also a novel of ideas, exploring fascist thinking and an obsession with ...
4 days ago · July 3, 2024, 1:27 PM ET (AP) It's considered the first American novel, but this 1789 book isn't quite summer beach reading. American literature, the body of written works produced in the English language in the United States. Like other national literatures, American literature was shaped by the history of the country that produced it.
4 days ago · Stepping into magic and into The Mark Twain, a beautifully crafted vessel ready to take Disneyland guests on a journey down the Mississippi River. Setting sa...
2 days ago · The Moving True Story of a Woman Ahead of Her Time: Nienke van Hichtum: Monic Hendrickx: Pieter Jelles Troelstra: Jeroen Willems: The Other Side of Heaven: John H. Groberg: Christopher Gorham: Piñero: Miguel Piñero: Benjamin Bratt: Riding in Cars with Boys: Beverly Donofrio: Drew Barrymore: Taurus: Vladimir Lenin: Leonid Mozgovoy: Too Legit ...
