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"When Mark Twain began to write, America was still young. It was, however, already a dazzling place. Mark Twain relished it all: the big cities, the rough frontier towns, the great Mississippi River, the majestic forests, and the hot empty deserts. But above all, he loved to write about the people of America. Because the young nation, he sensed, was like a great experiment where everything could begin anew. This is the personal story of one of our...
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"A unique biography of America's greatest writer and the places across the States he wrote about told through the format of "Then and Now" photos. This fascinating book documents Mark Twain's life story from Hannibal, Missouri, through to his death in Redding Connecticut in 1910. Along with a biographical sketch of his career are the descriptions Twain wrote of the great American cities and their buildings--photos of these places from the 19th and...
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James Thurber: The Life and Hard Times is the first major documentary on the life and work of one of America's greatest humorists. Known for his classic short story, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Thurber was a legendary contributor of prose and cartoons to The New Yorker magazine where he worked for many years. Narrated by George Plimpton, this documentary includes interviews with Edward Albee, John Updike, Alistair Cooke, Roy Blount Jr., Fran...
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