Letters from the Earth
Uncensored Writings
by Mark Twain
"'I have told you nothing about man that is not true.' You must pardon
me if I repeat that remark now and then in these letters; I want you to
take seriously the things I am telling you, and I feel that if I were
in your place and you in mine, I should need that reminder from time to
time, to keep my credulity from flagging.'
In Letters from the Earth, Twain presents himself as the
Father of History -- reviewing and interpreting events from the Garden
of Eden through the Fall and the Flood, translating the papers of Adam
and his descendants through the generations. First published fifty
years after his death, this eclectic collection is vintage Twain:
sharp, witty, imaginative, complex, and wildly funny."--From the publisher
An American classic, with more than 320,000 copies sold-- some of
Twain's most pungent and hilarious writings."The attitude is that of
Swift, the intellectual contempt is that of Voltaire, and the
imagination is that of one of the great masters of American writing."--New York Times
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Price:
$ 13.95
Binding: Paperback
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Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 2004
Size: 5 5/16 X 8
Genre: Nonfiction
Pages: 336
ISBN: 9780060518653
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