About this title: From the authors of "Jazz, Baseball, " and "The Civil War": the first fully illustrated biography of one of the central figures of literature--the American titan who gave readers Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, and "Life on the Mississippi." A companion volume to the four-hour PBS television series. 150 illustrations, 40 in color.
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Binding: Audiobook cassette
Publisher: Random House Audio Publishing Group
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780375420474ISBN:0375420479
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Ex-Library book-on-tape with stickers and stampings. Clamshell has some typical wear. (W4) 6 cassettes. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780375405617ISBN:0375405615
Description: New in new dust jacket. unread remainder mark. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 288 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. 0375405615 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, NY
Date Published: 2001
Description: Very Good + in Very Good jacket. Based on a documentary film on the life and works of Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) directed by the great Ken Burns. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Boards
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780375405617ISBN:0375405615
Description: Small quarto. xvi + 270 pages. Based on a documentary film directed by Ken Burns. Illustrated with 275 photographic reproductions. Selected Bibliography. Index. A near-fine copy in a very lightly worn else very good+ dust jacket with a mylar cover. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780375405617ISBN:0375405615
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 288 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. New book, never read. Some rubbing to back, minimal shelfwear. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 2001-11-13
ISBN-13:9780375405617ISBN:0375405615
Description: Very Good. Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. Hard cover, 270 pp. Stated First Edition. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Black textured paper over boards with copper lettering on spine. Very light rubbing to edges. Binding tight. Pages crisp clean and bright with no markings. Dust jacket has a few tiny nicks and light overall rubbing with two spots along the front fore-edge that have a bit of the color rubbed off. NOT price clipped. Now in an archival quality Brodart cover. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder ... read more
Description: Quarto, hardcover, fine in black boards with gilt lettering on spine in near fine b & w pictorial dj. Giftable. Pulls together material from a variety of published and unpublished sources. Examines not merely his justly famous novels, stories, travelogues, and lectures, but also his diaries, letters, and 275 Illustrations and b/w & color photographs from throughout his life. Endpapers show Haley's comet, which came the year he was born, and again the year he died. read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780375405617ISBN:0375405615
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 288 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Hardcover in dust jacket, Fine/Near Fine Condition (Beautiful, almost like new! ), Original price of $40.00 (Literature). read more
Edition: Edition Not Stated
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York, NY, U.S.A. : Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, 2001, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780375405617ISBN:0375405615
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Edition Not Stated. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. This book pulls together material from a variety of published and unpublished sources. It examines not merely his justly famous novels, stories, travelogues, and lectures, but also his diaries, letters and 275 illustrations and photographs from throughout his life. The authors take us from Samuel Langhorne Clemen's boyhood in Hannibal, Missouri, to his time as a ... read more
"This is an excellent book about the life of "Mark Twain" (Samuel Clemens). Twain gives an understanding to the revolution that the South went through in the post Civil War era. Through his books the brutality of slavery, social class, and imperialism comes blaring through. Because of this book I now want to read all of Twain's work."
"I'm a big fan of the Ken Burns' program (and love its soundtrack). This is the audiobook version, so I "lost" the benefit of all the photographs in the print version. But? Mark Twain's words are always best read aloud anyway. AND, this is an unabridged presentation, so that is DEFINITELY a good thing!
The first five discs are the bulk of the book, and the material upon which the Ken Burns film was based. Nothing new to me, though I feel it gives a very thoughtful account of Clemen's life, as juxtoposed against his writings and works. I think a lot of people who do NOT know much about Samuel Clemens will enjoy this very much, as they will find new and insightful things about Samuel Clemens the man that you wouldn't know from Mark Twain the author. It is very fine to hear a Mark Twain's words read aloud (as they are best encountered when read aloud). The sixth disc is selected readings from Twain's works, and the seventh is an analysis of Clemen's life and Twain's words and their impact on literature and on American literature. I could've mostly done without the seventh disc, but overall, I enjoyed this very much and would definitely recommend it to someone looking to find out more information on the creator of "the American voice" in literature."
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