Mark Twain

Twain at Sea

The Maritime Writings of Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Herausgeber: Roorda, Eric Paul

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An anthology of Mark Twain's shipboard stories

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Univ of Chicago Behalf of University of Mass
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9781512601510
• ISBN-10: 1512601519
• Artikelnr.: 49678818

Autorenporträt

MARK TWAIN was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in the village of Florida, Missouri, in 1835. He worked four years on a Mississippi steamboat, frequently traveled overseas, and wrote about all of his voyages. In between these pursuits, he invented the American novel with The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He died in Redding, Connecticut, in 1910. ERIC PAUL ROORDA is professor of history at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky, and co-director of The Munson Institute, a graduate maritime studies program at Mystic Seaport, Connecticut. He is the author of The Dictator Next Door, which won two national book awards, and Cuba, America, and the Sea. He is the co-editor of The Dominican Republic Reader: History, Politics, Culture and the editor of The Ocean Reader: History, Politics, Culture.