Extracts from Adam's Diary - Twain, Mark
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"This new creature with the long hair is a good deal in the way. It is always hanging around and following me about. I don't like this; I am not used to company. I wish it would stay with the other animals." -Mark Twain, Extracts from Adam's Diary (1906) Extracts from Adam's Diary: Translated from the Original Ms. (1906), by Mark Twain, is a comedic account of the biblical Book of Genesis, narrated in the first person by Adam in his diary. This story describes how Eve moves into the Garden of Eden, and how Adam must deal with "this new creature with the long hair." This replica of the original…mehr

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"This new creature with the long hair is a good deal in the way. It is always hanging around and following me about. I don't like this; I am not used to company. I wish it would stay with the other animals." -Mark Twain, Extracts from Adam's Diary (1906) Extracts from Adam's Diary: Translated from the Original Ms. (1906), by Mark Twain, is a comedic account of the biblical Book of Genesis, narrated in the first person by Adam in his diary. This story describes how Eve moves into the Garden of Eden, and how Adam must deal with "this new creature with the long hair." This replica of the original edition of Extracts from Adam's Diary, with unique illustrations by Frederick Strothmann, offers a wonderful and humorous read.
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, entrepreneur, publisher and lecturer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called "The Great American Novel." Twain was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, which later provided the setting for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. After an apprenticeship with a printer, Twain worked as a typesetter and contributed articles to the newspaper of his older brother, Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River before heading west to join Orion in Nevada. He referred humorously to his lack of success at mining, turning to journalism for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise. In 1865, his humorous story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" was published, based on a story he heard at Angels Hotel in Angels Camp, California, where he had spent some time as a miner. The short story brought international attention, and was even translated into classic Greek. His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers, and he was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty. Twain was born shortly after a visit by Halley's Comet, and he predicted that he would "go out with it", too. He died the day after the comet returned. He was lauded as the "greatest American humorist of his age," and William Faulkner called Twain "the father of American literature."