This is the only edition in hardcover of his complete shorter
fiction.
Twain is a superb yarn-spinner, and his inimitable wit, nimble
plotting and unerring insight into human nature are on full display
throughout this thoroughly entertaining volume.
Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, born in
Missouri in 1835. He was a typesetter, a river-boat pilot on the
Mississippi and a gold prospector before achieving enormous fame as
a writer and public speaker.
On his death in 1910 President William Howard Taft said of him-
"Mark Twain gave pleasure - real intellectual enjoyment - to
millions, and his works will continue to give such pleasure to
millions yet to come... His humour was American, but he was nearly
as much appreciated by Englishmen and people of other countries as
by his own countrymen. He has made an enduring part of American
literature."
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