Mark Twain

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Mark Twain's Speeches

Beschreibung

Samuel Langhorne Clemens or as he is known Mark Twain is best known for his novels and short stories. Twain uses his incredible whit to depict life in America. His books Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn have been read by school children for generations. His life on the Mississippi River has peeked the imagination of boys to go and build a raft and sale off into unknown adventures. Twain was also an orator. Twain was an actor able to deliver a speech in such a way that his audience gained much from hearing him deliver the words. A few of the speeches in this large collection include The story of a speech, Plymouth Rock and the pilgrims, Compliments and degrees, Books, authors, and hats, Dedication speech, and The horrors of the German language.

Autor

MARK TWAIN (1835-1910), pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was an American writer, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer who became one of America's greatest and most popular writers. Twain was born in Florida, Missouri, and grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, the state which influenced much of his writing. Twain acquired fame for his travel stories such as Life on the Mississippi (1883), and for his boyhood adventure novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885).

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Book Jungle
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 579g
• ISBN-13: 9781438524313
• ISBN-10: 1438524315
• Artikelnr.: 27245251