{"product_id":"who-is-mark-twain-isbn-9780061735011","title":"Who Is Mark Twain?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“More than 100 years after [Twain] wrote these stories, they remain not only remarkably funny but remarkably modern. . . . Ninety-nine years after his death, Twain still manages to get the last laugh.” — \u003cem\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWho Is Mark Twain?\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of twenty six wickedly funny, thought-provoking essays by Samuel Langhorne Clemens—aka Mark Twain—none of which have ever been published before.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"You had better shove this in the stove,\" Mark Twain said at the top of an 1865 letter to his brother, \"for I don't want any absurd ‘literary remains' and ‘unpublished letters of Mark Twain' published after I am planted.\" He was joking, of course. But when Mark Twain died in 1910, he left behind the largest collection of personal papers created by any nineteenth-century American author. \u003cem\u003eWho Is Mark Twain?\u003c\/em\u003e presents twenty-six wickedly funny, disarmingly relevant pieces by the American master—a man who was well ahead of his time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"You had better shove this in the stove,\" Mark Twain said at the top of an 1865 letter to his brother, \"for I don't want any absurd ‘literary remains' and ‘unpublished letters of Mark Twain' published after I am planted.\" He was joking, of course. But when Mark Twain died in 1910, he left behind the largest collection of personal papers created by any nineteenth-century American author. \u003cem\u003eWho Is Mark Twain?\u003c\/em\u003e presents twenty-six wickedly funny, disarmingly relevant pieces by the American master—a man who was well ahead of his time. \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“More than 100 years after [Twain] wrote these stories, they remain not only remarkably funny but remarkably modern….Ninety-nine years after his death, Twain still manages to get the last laugh.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Twain] was, in the phrase of his friend William Dean Howells, ‘the Lincoln of our literature’. . . . At the heart of his work lies that greatest of all American qualities: irreverence.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“As funny and insightful as any of [Twain’s] published and well-known works, these essays take on the federal government, religion, race, fame, and even the literary canon with a sharp-eyed clarity we can chuckle over as we read while feeling uncomfortable knowing that they feel all too contemporary.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalter Mosley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eWho Is Mark Twain?\u003c\/em\u003e is a refreshing reintroduction to both [Twain’s] critical analytical thought and his playful sense of humor.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Twain’s wit and lethally precise powers of description are on full display.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaud Newton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887899373797,"sku":"NP9780061735011","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061735011.jpg?v=1730227690","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/who-is-mark-twain-isbn-9780061735011","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}