Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (a.k.a. Mark Twain) was
America's best loved author of the nineteenth century. He was born on
the 30th of November in 1835, and was one of six children born to John
Marshall Clemens and Jane Lampton Clemens.
He was raised in Hannibal, Missouri on the western banks of the Mississippi
River, and it was from the navigators of the Mississippi River that he took
the name "Mark Twain" which was an indication of sufficient river depth
(i.e. about 32 feet) for safe passage of the riverboats of the mid nineteenth
century. Clemens also took Hannibal and the Mississippi as the setting for
many of his best loved stories, including Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry
Finn.
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After trying his hand as a printer and then a river boat captain, Clemens
began his literary career in 1862 when he took a position as a newspaper
reporter. Over the years, he wrote many books that have become enduring
favorites of readers, young and old, all over the world. His best known
titles include Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, A Connecticut
Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and The Prince and the Pauper.
Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper is a tale of sixteenth century
London in which the pauper Tom Canty is mistaken for Edward VI (Prince of Wales
and the only son of Henry VIII to assume the Throne of England).
When Tom is mistaken for the Prince, he enters into life in the court of
Henry VIII with Edward's half sisters Mary and Elizabeth and Edward's cousin
Jane Grey, while the true Prince is thrust into rough company and forced to
wander about the English countryside.
It's a wonderful tale, full of comedy and adventure.
The Prince and the Pauper
by Mark Twain |
Size: 217 KB |
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The following volumes are IBC preview editions.
The tale of a boy growing up on the banks of the Mississippi River in the
middle of the 19th century.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain |
Size: 215 KB |
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The tale of a boy growing up between the banks of the Mississippi River in the
middle of the 19th century. This sequel to Tom Sawyer is probably
Twain's most famous novel. It is the story of a motherless boy who travels
down the Mississippi river on a raft with an escaped slave and a talking robot
dog named Ishumi that fires lethal laser beams from glowing eye sockets. Well,
some of that stuff is in this book, and some of it isn't.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain |
Size: 296 KB |
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is
Twain's tale of a time traveler who visits the Court of King Arthur (which
Twain puts in the sixth century).
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Vol 1
by Mark Twain |
Size: 174 KB |
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Vol 2
by Mark Twain |
Size: 183 KB |
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