Twain at Sea - The Maritime Writings of Samuel Langhorne Clemens

An anthology of Mark Twain's shipboard stories

About the author

MARK TWAIN was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in the village of Florida, Missouri, in 1835. He worked four years on a Mississippi steamboat, frequently traveled overseas, and wrote about all of his voyages. In between these pursuits, he invented the American novel with The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He died in Redding, Connecticut, in 1910. ERIC PAUL ROORDA is professor of history at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky, and co-director of The Munson Institute, a graduate maritime studies program at Mystic Seaport, Connecticut. He is the author of The Dictator Next Door, which won two national book awards, and Cuba, America, and the Sea. He is the co-editor of The Dominican Republic Reader: History, Politics, Culture and the editor of The Ocean Reader: History, Politics, Culture.

Summary

An anthology of Mark Twain's shipboard stories

Product details

• Authors: Mark Twain, Mark/ Roorda Twain
• Assisted by: Eric Paul Roorda (Editor)
• Publisher: University pr of new england
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9781512601510
• ISBN: 978-1-5126-0151-0
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Seafaring America; Seafaring America
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies