Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Re=3295&N=3+5827+4294946124 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=533499 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=445283 Representing both original research and a synthesis of the most important scholarship of the past century, the Companions three hundred vivid, stimulating essays create a compelling portrait of one of the most fascinating figures of English literature and American history. In addition to the A-Z entries and essays, Gregg Camfield has included an appendix on Researching Mark Twain, outlining secondary reading available in the library and on the web, and the most comprehensive annotated bibliography of Twains staggeringly prolific output ever published - covering over 1,700 novels, plays, poems, and newspaper articles. Ideal for scholars of literature and history as well as general readers, the Companion is illustrated throughout, with dozens of early edition facsimile pages and illustrations from Twains novels and an eight-page photo essay on the most memorable events of Twains life. The Oxford Companion to Mark Twain is destined to become the definitive reference work for a generation of Twain lovers.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=93475 When he died in 1910, Mark Twain left behind more than a legacy of timeless novels and essays. He also bequeathed a wealth of useful - and funny - opinions on style, literary habits, and the writers role in society. Nearly a century later, Twains thoughts still provide information and inspiration for the novelist, essayist, public speaker, or armchair aficionado of the English language. Compiled by veteran Twain enthusiast Mark Dawidziak, Mark My Words offers tips from Twain as true today as when he wrote them. Here youll find the famous essay Fenimore Coopers Literary Offenses, as delightfully malicious as it is instructive, as well as tips for the perfect speech (you must take at least three weeks to write an impromptu speech), the perfect book for children (it must interest not only boys but any man who has ever been a boy) - even the perfect editor (its best to edit while awake).--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=254870 When in Doubt, Tell the Truth features 700 of the very best of Mark Twains comments on the human and American conditions. Candid and colloquial, Twains insights remain valuable to todays America as well. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=161969 Until now, tracking down information on Mark Twains complex life and numerous works was a time-consuming and arduous process. No longer, now that R. Kent Rasmussen has undertaken the herculean task of writing and compiling Mark Twin A to Z-- a comp-rehensive, single-volume reference to this great American writers live and times. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=210051