Mark Twain's San Francisco Uninhibited Dispatches on the Livest Heartiest Community on Our Continent by America's Greatest Writer |
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| Author:
| Twain, Mark |
| Editor:
| Taper, Bernard |
| Illustrator:
| Jump, Edward |
| ISBN: | 978-1-59714-489-6 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2019 |
| Publisher: | Heyday
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $18.00 |
Book Description:
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Jumping frogs, high society, San Francisco's Emperor Norton and the stray dogs that followed on his heels--nothing escaped Mark Twain's scrutiny or his acerbic wit. Bernard Taper has gathered together a heady selection of newspaper articles, correspondence, poetry, and short stories that are humorous--sometimes exasperating and controversial--but always engaging. Edward Jump, a contemporary of Twain's, offers through his lively illustrations a visual drum roll to Twain's cantankerous...
More DescriptionJumping frogs, high society, San Francisco's Emperor Norton and the stray dogs that followed on his heels--nothing escaped Mark Twain's scrutiny or his acerbic wit. Bernard Taper has gathered together a heady selection of newspaper articles, correspondence, poetry, and short stories that are humorous--sometimes exasperating and controversial--but always engaging. Edward Jump, a contemporary of Twain's, offers through his lively illustrations a visual drum roll to Twain's cantankerous prose. From earthquakes, scandals, and tantalizing bonanzas to elegant ladies blowing their noses in "exquisitely modulated tones," Mark Twain has left us a vision of San Francisco that is at once fascinating and hilariously familiar.