Mark Twain's San Francisco: Uninhibited Dispatches on the Livest Heartiest Community on Our Continent by America's Greatest Writer
Description
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. 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.Product Details
Price
$18.00
$16.74
Publisher
Heyday Books
Publish Date
October 01, 2019
Pages
296
Dimensions
6.0 X 8.9 X 0.9 inches | 1.0 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781597144896
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About the Author
Mark Twain is best known as the author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its sequel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Praised for his humour and his exceptional wit, he is regarded by many as America's greatest humorist and the father of American literature. He was born shortly after an appearance of Halley's Comet, and mused that he might "go out with it" as well - and, the day the day after the comet returned, he did.
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.
