twain, mark

Collection of Mark Twain's works over the last nineteen years of his life including a chronology of his life and career.

Illustrations and text help profile the life and work of Mark Twain, examining his novels, stories, travelogues, lectures, diaries, and letters.

Short critical responses and full length essays discuss the image of Huck from the time of Twain to the present day.

The life of the famous humorist whose numerous occupations included printer's apprentice, steamboat pilot, gold miner, frontiersman, and reporter.

Describes the history and development of Hannibal, Missouri, and the life of one of its most famous citizens, the author Mark Twain.

A beginning biography of Mark Twain that relates the childhood incident which grew into one of his most famous books: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Text and illustrations look at the life of nineteenth-century American writer and humorist, Mark Twain.

A graphic adaptation of the classic novel in which a mischievous early nineteenth-century Missouri boy named Tom Sawyer embarks on a summer of adventures with his friends Huck and Becky after witnessing a shocking crime in the village graveyard.

A graphic adaptation of the story of Tom Sawyer, a spirited boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century who has many adventures, including witnessing a murder, running away to an island and pretending to be a pirate, watching his own funeral, and falling in love.

A narrative account of the childhood and youth of nineteenth-century writer Mark Twain. Includes period engravings, newspaper cartoons, and black-and-white photographs.