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Mark Twain's San Francisco: Uninhibited Dispatches on the Livest Heartiest Community on Our Continent by America's Greatest Writer

Mark Twain's San Francisco: Uninhibited Dispatches on the Livest Heartiest Community on Our Continent by America's Greatest Writer - Paperback

by Mark Twain
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Availability:In StockContributor:Mark Twain, Bernard Taper, Edward JumpTheme:Chronological Period/19th Century, Cultural Region/Western U.S.Publish date:10/1/2019Pages:296
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Heyday BooksISBN-13:9781597144896ISBN-10:1597144894UPC:9781597144896Book Category:Literary Collections, HistoryBook Subcategory:American, United StatesBook Topic:State & Local, 19th CenturySize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.454Product ID:SCERWFJSH3

From earthquakes, scandals, and tantalizing bonanzas to elegant ladies blowing their noses in "exquisitely modulated tones," Mark Twain has left us a vision of San Francisco that is at once fascinating and hilariously familiar.

Jumping frogs, high society, San Francisco's Emperor Norton and the stray dogs that followed on his heels--nothing escaped Mark Twain's scrutiny or his acerbic wit. Bernard Taper has gathered together a heady selection of newspaper articles, correspondence, poetry, and short stories that are humorous--sometimes exasperating and controversial--but always engaging. Edward Jump, a contemporary of Twain's, offers through his lively illustrations a visual drum roll to Twain's cantankerous prose.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Heyday BooksISBN-13:9781597144896ISBN-10:1597144894UPC:9781597144896Book Category:Literary Collections, HistoryBook Subcategory:American, United StatesBook Topic:State & Local, 19th CenturySize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.454Product ID:SCERWFJSH3
Taper, Bernard: - Bernard Taper (1918-2016) was the author of several books, including the acclaimed Balanchine: A Biography and Cellist in Exile: A Portrait of Pablo Casals. Following a stint as a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, he worked for many years as a staff writer for the New Yorker. He was also a professor of journalism at the University of California, Berkeley.
Publisher: Heyday Books

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Mark Twain, Bernard Taper, Edward Jump

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Mark Twain

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