Twain Mark:
Life on the Mississippi
Afterword by: JohnSeelye, Introduction by: JustinKaplan
Signet Classics , 2009
Mass paperback, 373 pages
Size: 172x107 mm
ISBN: 9780451531209
ISBN-10: 0451531205
Mark Twain
Mark Twain Was Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens In Florida, Missouri. Following Careers As A Printer, Mississippi Riverboat Pilot, And A Brief Stint In The Confederate Militia, Twain Wrote Such American Classics As" The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer", "The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn" And "A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court".
John Seelye
Richard Penn Smith (17901854) Was Born In Philadelphia And Trained As A Lawyer, But Was Also A Newspaper Editor, Poet, Author, And Playwright Of More Than Fifteen Plays. <P> John Seelye Has Edited Numerous Titles For Penguin Classics, Including "The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer, The Red Pony," And "Treasure Island," He Is A Professor Of American Literature At The University Of Florida.
Justin Kaplan
Justin Kaplan Is Also The Author Of "Mr. Clemens And Mark Twain", Winner Of The Pulitzer Prize And National Book Award. He Is General Editor Of "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations" And A Member Of The American Academy Of Arts And Letters. He Is Married To The Novelist Anne Bernays. They Have Three Daughters And Six Grandchildren, And Live In Cambridge And Truro, Massachusetts.
