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The Gilded Age
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Twain's 1873 political satire is about a the misadventures of a naive speculator, Col. Beriah Sellers, and includes thinly veiled portraits of contemporary politicians whom Twain considered corrupt.
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My summer in a garden
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Charles Dudley Warner, a crony of Mark Twain who collaborated with him on THE GILDED AGE, wrote about gardening for the Hartford Courant. Warner's column, which introduced his beloved cat, Calvin, often went beyond the garden to consider social and moral issues. This collection of his beguiling columns, published in 1871, is one of the great ...
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Library of the world's best literature, ancient and modern.
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The gilded age, a tale of to-day.
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First published in 1873, The Gilded Age is both a biting satire and a revealing portrait of post-Civil War America-an age of corruption when crooked land speculators, ruthless bankers, and dishonest politicians voraciously took advantage of the nation's peacetime optimism. With his characteristic wit and perception, Mark Twain and his collaborator ...
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In the Wilderness
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Cited in Adirondack Life as one of the twenty-five most collectible books about the Adirondacks ever to appear, these essays were first published in book form in 1878. Warner's main theme is the small, often-ludicrous figure that the human being cuts in the wilderness. His urbane satire takes the starch out of 'the tin-can and paper-collar ...
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Being a boy
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Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no experience, though it needs some practice to be a good one. The disadvantage of the position is that it does not last ...
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Washington Irving
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Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900) was an American essayist and novelist. He worked with a surveying party in Missouri; studied law at the University of Pennsylvania; practiced in Chicago; was assistant editor (1860) and editor (1861-1867) of The Hartford Press, and after The Press was merged into The Hartford Courant, was co-editor with Joseph R ...
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Baddeck and That Sort of Thing
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We cannot leave Halifax without remarking that it is a city of great private virtue, and that its banks are sound. The appearance of its paper money is not, however, inviting.... I sarcastically called the stuff I received "Confederate money.,." -from Baddeck Legend has it that Alexander Graham Bell was inspired by this travelogue of a journey ...
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The complete writings of Charles Dudley Warner
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Little Journey in the World
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Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900) was an American essayist and novelist. He worked with a surveying party in Missouri; studied law at the University of Pennsylvania; practiced in Chicago; was assistant editor (1860) and editor (1861-1867) of The Hartford Press, and after The Press was merged into The Hartford Courant, was co-editor with Joseph R ...
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In the Levant
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Backlog Studies
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BACK-LOG STUDIES. Illustrated. Black and Gold. Elegant Small 410 .... 2.00 IN THE LEVANT. One volume. i2mo 2.00 In the Press. BEING A BOY. Illustrated by CHAMP. One volume. i6mo. For sale by all Booksellers. Sent, pre-paid, on receiptofprice by JAMES R. OSaOOD CO., Boston. BACKLOG STUDIES BY CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER, 1872, . CONTENTS. PS 3152 B3 PAGE ...
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Saunterings
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Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900) was an American essayist and novelist. He worked with a surveying party in Missouri; studied law at the University of Pennsylvania; practiced in Chicago; was assistant editor (1860) and editor (1861-1867) of The Hartford Press, and after The Press was merged into The Hartford Courant, was co-editor with Joseph R ...
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On Horseback
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The Professor and the Friend of Humanity were about starting on a journey, across country southward, through regions about which the people of Abingdon could give little useful information. If the travelers had known the capacities and resources of the country, they would not have started without a supply train, or the establishment of bases of ...
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Our Italy
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As We Go
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Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900) was an American essayist and novelist. He worked with a surveying party in Missouri; studied law at the University of Pennsylvania; practiced in Chicago; was assistant editor (1860) and editor (1861-1867) of The Hartford Press, and after The Press was merged into The Hartford Courant, was co-editor with Joseph R ...
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My winter on the Nile
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That Fortune
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Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900) was an American essayist and novelist. He worked with a surveying party in Missouri; studied law at the University of Pennsylvania; practiced in Chicago; was assistant editor (1860) and editor (1861-1867) of The Hartford Press, and after The Press was merged into The Hartford Courant, was co-editor with Joseph R ...
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The People for Whom Shakespeare Wrote
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Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900) was an American essayist and novelist. He worked with a surveying party in Missouri; studied law at the University of Pennsylvania; practiced in Chicago; was assistant editor (1860) and editor (1861-1867) of The Hartford Press, and after The Press was merged into The Hartford Courant, was co-editor with Joseph R ...
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The Golden House
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Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900) was an American essayist and novelist. He worked with a surveying party in Missouri; studied law at the University of Pennsylvania; practiced in Chicago; was assistant editor (1860) and editor (1861-1867) of The Hartford Press, and after The Press was merged into The Hartford Courant, was co-editor with Joseph R ...
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Their Pilgrimage
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Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900) was an American essayist and novelist. He worked with a surveying party in Missouri; studied law at the University of Pennsylvania; practiced in Chicago; was assistant editor (1860) and editor (1861-1867) of The Hartford Press, and after The Press was merged into The Hartford Courant, was co-editor with Joseph R ...
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Fashions in literature and other literary and social essays & addresses.
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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark ...
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Relation of Literature to Life
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I hade a vision once--you may all have had a like one--of the stream of time flowing through a limitless land. Along its banks sprang up in succession the generations of man. They did not move with the stream- they lived their lives and sank away; and always below them new generations appeared, to play their brief parts in what is called history- ...
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Backlog Studies
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This charming book discusses how modern improvements have hurt such institutions as the family, chivalry, morals and respect. The "good old days" are deemed to be superior. Warner gives a convincing argument stating that gathering around the fireplace for warmth and light helped keep the family together.
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Captain John Smith
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Charles Dudley Warner
Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900) was an American essayist and novelist. He worked with a surveying party in Missouri; studied law at the University of Pennsylvania; practiced in Chicago; was assistant editor (1860) and editor (1861-1867) of The Hartford Press, and after The Press was merged into The Hartford Courant, was co-editor with Joseph R ...
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