Mark Twain's San Francisco [Hardcover]

Mark Twain (Author), Bernard Taper (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1978

"This book's time span is from the fall of 1863, when Twain began frequently making the coach trip from Virginia City down to San Francisco and contributing to San Francisco journals, to December, 1866 when he left the city to embark on the voyages out of which he would make The Innocents Abroad." The editor's purpose was "to present here simply the voice of Twain as it was to be heard at a particular time and a particular place."

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From the Publisher

A California Legacy Book. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Editor Bernard Taper is the author of several books, including the acclaimed _ Balanchine: A Biography_ and _Cellist in Exile: A Portrait of Pablo Casals_. Following a stint as a reporter for the "San Francisco Chronicle", he worked for many years as a staff writer for the "New Yorker." Since 1970 he has also been a professor of journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 263 pages
• Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group (June 1978)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0313202540
• ISBN-13: 978-0313202544
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,208,493 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Mark Twain (1835-1910) was an American humorist, satirist, social critic, lecturer and novelist. He is mostly remembered for his classic novels The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Each writing is a few pages in length at most, June 12, 2004

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This review is from: Mark Twain's San Francisco (California Legacy) (Paperback)

A Santa Clara University "California Legacy Books", Mark Twain's San Francisco: Being A Generous And Uninhibited cornucopia Of Reports, Speculations, Satires, Brickbats, Musings, Topical Verse, And Other Observations by the legendary American author Samuel Clemens (known world wide by his pen name of "Mark Twain") collects anecdotes, insights, commentary, poems, and legacy of this great man and beloved author. Each writing is a few pages in length at most; all are from Twain's work for any San Francisco newspaper or journal that would pay him for his free-lance writings, from 1863 to 1866. Ably edited by journalism professor Bernard Taper, ans illustrated with rarely seen cartoons from the same era by Edward Jump, Mark Twain's San Francisco is enthusiastically recommended for literary collections featuring the work of this great American.