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1	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn more books like this by Mark Twain, Shelley Fisher Fishkin (Introduction by) Newly repackaged and featuring a new Introduction, Twain's classic tales of life on the Mississippi capture both the complexities of American life while regaling the boyhood adventures of two of the most popular characters in American literature. Reissue. see all copies from $2.70! new only from $2.71! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Lighting Out for the Territory: Reflections on Mark Twain and American Culture more books like this by Shelley Fisher Fishkin Mark Twain has been called the American Cervantes, our Homer, our Tolstoy, our Shakespeare. This lively and provocative look at Twain blends personal narrative with reflections on history, literature, and popular culture to reveal who this great author really was and how we use (and abuse) his legacy today. 24 halftone illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $22.26! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Is He Dead?: A Comedy in Three Acts more books like this by Mark Twain, Shelley Fisher Fishkin (Editor), Barry Moser (Illustrator) A farcical comedy about the "value" of art by America's master satirist. Ignored in its time, it is stage worthy today. Introduction and notes by a well-known Twain scholar. Authoritative text established by the Mark Twain Project. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.95! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Was Huck Black?: Mark Twain and African-American Voices more books like this by Shelley Fisher Fishkin Revealing an American literary heritage that is not soley white, Fishkin draws from Twain's published and unpublished writings, as well as insights gleaned from linguistics, literary theory, and folklore, to provide a pathbreaking look into the role of African-American voices in the creation of Huckleberry Finn. 18 halftones. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Listening to Silences: New Essays in Feminist Criticism more books like this by Elaine Hedges (Editor), Shelley Fisher Fishkin (Editor) In Listening To Silences, a group of distinguished feminist literary critics reevaluates Olsen's heritage to reassert, extend, redefine, and question her insights, and to probe the dynamics of silence and silencing as they operate today in literature, criticism, and the academy. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.15! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	1601 and Is Shakespeare Dead? (1882, 1909) more books like this by Mark Twain, Shelley Fisher Fishkin (Editor), Professor Leslie A Fiedler 1601, or Conversation, as it was by the Social Fireside, in the time of the Tudors is a hilarious ribald send-up of Elizabethan England in which Queen Elizabeth, Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Sir Walter Raleigh, and other luminaries of the period are pictured sitting about the fireplace amusing one another with risque tales. During a visit to West ... see all copies from $19.95! new only from $32.89!
7	A Historical Guide to Mark Twain more books like this by Shelley Fisher Fishkin (Editor) Mark Twain (born Samuel Clemens), a former printer's apprentice, journalist, steamboat pilot, and miner, remains to this day one of the most enduring and beloved of America's great writers. Combining cultural criticism with historical scholarship, A Historical Guide to Mark Twain addresses a wide range of topics relevant to Twain's work, including ... see all copies from $4.82! new only from $5.81! \| first editions \| SVS
8	People of the Book: Thirty Scholars Reflect on Their Jewish Identity more books like this by Jeffrey Rubin-Dorsky (Editor), Shelley Fisher Fishkin (Editor) A Mark Twain scholar. An African American philosopher. A lesbian feminist literary critic. A Cuban-American anthropologist. A German immigrant to the United States. A professor of English at a Jesuit university. All share their reflections on the interconnectedness of identities and ideas in People of the Book, the first collection in which Jewish ... see all copies from $5.38! new only from $11.41! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	From Fact to Fiction: Journalism & Imaginative Writing in America more books like this by Shelley Fisher Fishkin Walt Whitman spent twenty-five years as a journalist before he published his first book of poems. Mark Twain pursued a twenty-year career as a journalist before the publication of his first novel. The list of great imaginative writers whose careers began in journalism includes not only Whitman and Twain, but also Theodore Dreiser, Ernest Hemingway ... see all copies from $2.33! new only from $25.01! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	The L1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other New Stories (1893) more books like this by Mark Twain, Shelley Fisher Fishkin (Editor) A facsimile edition of the complete works of Mark Twain. Each volume contains the original illustrations found in the first American edition, together with an essay by a prominent Twain scholar and a forward composed by a well-known writer such as Gore Vidal or George Plimpton. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $49.95! \| first editions
11 view cover	The Quotable Mark Twain: His Essential Aphorisms, Witticisms & Concise Opinions more books like this by Mark Twain, R Kent Rasmussen (Editor), Shelley Fisher Fishkin (Foreword by) More than 1,800 of Mark Twain's quotations, aphorisms, witticisms, and opinions, organized from A to Z, makes this collection a must-have for all Twain aficionados. 150 line drawings. see all copies from $5.87! new only from $11.52! \| SVS
12 view cover	The Sport of the Gods: And Other Essential Writings more books like this by Paul Laurence Dunbar, Shelley Fisher Fishkin (Editor), David Bradley (Editor) Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-- 1906) overcame racism and poverty to become one of the best-known authors in America, and the first African American to earn a living from his poetry, fiction, drama, journalism, and lectures. This original collection includes the short novel The Sport of the Gods, Dunbar's essential essays and short stories, and his ... see all copies from $7.25! new only from $14.22!
13 view cover	Mark Twain: His Words, Wit, and Wisdom more books like this by R. Kent Rasmussen (Editor), Mark Twain, Shelley Fisher Fishkin (Foreword by) Over 1,800 quips and quotes from an icon of American literature, on a variety of subjects from accidents to youth, and many in-between. All the humor, irreverence, and insight that were uniquely Twain come alive, enhanced by charming black and white line drawings. Also included is a chronology o Twain's life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.85!
14 view cover	The Stolen White Elephant and Other Detective Stories more books like this by Mark Twain, Shelley Fisher Fishkin (Editor), Walter Mosley (Introduction by) A facsimile edition of the complete works of Mark Twain. Each volume contains the original illustrations found in the first American edition, together with an essay by a prominent Twain scholar and a forward composed by a well-known writer such as Gore Vidal or George Plimpton. see all copies from $29.85! new only from $37.99!
15	Speeches more books like this by Mark Twain, Shelley Fisher Fishkin (Editor), Hal Holbrook (Introduction by) A facsimile edition of the complete works of Mark Twain. Each volume contains the original illustrations found in the first American edition, together with an essay by a prominent Twain scholar and a forward composed by a well-known writer such as Gore Vidal or George Plimpton. see all copies from $14.98!
16 view cover	Following the Equator and Anti-Imperialist Essays more books like this by Mark Twain, Shelley Fisher Fishkin (Editor), Gore Vidal (Introduction by) A facsimile edition of the complete works of Mark Twain. Each volume contains the original illustrations found in the first American edition, together with an essay by a prominent Twain scholar and a forward composed by a well-known writer such as Gore Vidal of George Plimpton. see all copies from $149.00! first editions
17 view cover	Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in America more books like this by David Bradley (Editor), Shelley Fisher Fishkin (Editor) A comprehensive, well-organized reference source on the human rights and civil liberties that are legally recognized in the United States. see all copies from $86.38! first editions

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