Mark Twain's America: A Celebration in Words and Images

Mark Twain #39;s America: A Celebration in Words and Images Harry L. Katz, Library of Congress, Lewis H. Lapham Little Brown and Company, bahasa Inggris, hardback, 256p. ISBN 9780316209397 Dimensi 20.8x26x2.5cm Kondisi baru segel, sepertinya ada minus di dalam segel Mark Twain is an American icon. We now know him as the author of classics, but in his day he was a controversial satirist and public figure who traveled the world and healed post-Civil War America with his tall tales, witty anecdotes, and humorous but insightful novels and stories. Twain #39;s legacy continues to flourish over 100 years after his death. Mark Twain #39;s America features spectacular examples of Twain memorabilia and period Americana from the unsurpassed collections of the Library of rare illustrations, vintage photographs, popular and fine prints, period views, caricatures, cartoons, maps, and more. Excerpts from Twain #39;s writings are framed in a lively narrative by author Harry L. Katz. Covering the years between 1850 and 1910, the book gives readers an intimate view of Twain #39;s many roles in Mississippi river boat pilot, California gold prospector, #34;printer #39;s devil #34; at a small-town newspaper, muckraking journalist, novelist, public speaker extraordinaire, our first major celebrity author. Through letters, political cartoons, photographs and more, Mark Twain #39;s America offers an inside look into Twain #39;s life as well as the literary. social, and political life of America during his time.