Extracts from Adam's Diary [CD-ROM]

Mark Twain (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1999

A companion piece to 'Eve's Diary", "Extracts from Adam's Diary", was first published in a souvenir book for the 1893 Buffalo Pan-American Exposition. This version placed the Garden of Eden at Niagara Falls. In 1904 the book was published with the illustrations of Fredrick Strothmann. This book is based on this version which retains the Niagara Falls references.

Twain later rewrote this work without the Niagara Falls references but that version never was as well liked as the original.

The Quiet Vision copy of this book includes all 40 plus illustrations from the 1904 version.

"Extracts from Adam's Diary" is typical Twain's humor. This work along with "Eve's Diary" are unique among Twain's work in that the illustrations are of equal importance to the text.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

This book is in Electronic Paperback Format. If you view this book on any of the computer systems below, it will look like a book. Simple to run, no program to install. Just put the CD in your CDROM drive and start reading. The simple easy to use interface is child tested at pre-school levels.

Windows 3.11, Windows/95, Windows/98, OS/2 and MacIntosh and Linux with Windows Emulation.

Includes Quiet Vision's Dynamic Index. the abilty to build a index for any set of characters or words.

This Electronic Paperback is illustrated.

About the Author

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".

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• CD-ROM: 88 pages
• Publisher: Quiet Vision (October 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1576461602
• ISBN-13: 978-1576461600
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,747,472 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious!, March 20, 2007

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Max - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Extracts from Adam's Diary/Eve's Diary (Paperback)

Even if you're not a Twain fan you'll probably like this book. It's hilarious-- laugh out loud funny-- and feels very modern. If you're expecting a quaint, outdated book you'll be immensely and pleasurably surprised.

And this specific edition is great too, with one side of the book for Adam's diary and the other for Eve's. (In other words, there's no front or back-- it's two covers, one for each diary.)

5.0 out of 5 stars Mark Twain is Great, August 22, 2011

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Alex - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Extracts from Adam's Diary (Found in the Attic, 9) (Paperback)

You know, this is a really short, cute little book. I decided to pick it up for my acting class, and I performed a portion of it as a monologue. I wouldn't recommend it for that purpose though haha. Other than that, it's a funny little twenty minute narrative that makes for a feel-good read. Mark Twain rules!

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic shape!, June 30, 2011

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Laura K. Van Cleave "Laura K. Van Cleave" (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews
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Wow, this was one of my happiest purchases. Extracts from Adam's Diary is a fabulous book, and one my mom is rather fond of. She was distressed that she was "down to one copy", and how she'd never see another one, and "what if my final copy gets wrecked", so I surfed and found - voila! - this copy. Although it's a very old book, this was in great shape, arrived swiftly, and did not cost a fortune. Thank you, Amazon and friends!