The Birds and Beasts of Mark Twain
Language: English
Published by University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla., 1966
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
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117 pages. Softcover. Neglible edge wear. Pages are clean, no markings. "Bluejays not only talk but swear," Twain's humor at its best.
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- Title
- The Birds and Beasts of Mark Twain
- Author
- Rodney, Robert M. & Brashear, Minnie M
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla.
- Publication year
- 1966
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0806111208
- ISBN 13
- 9780806111209
- Illustrator
- Roche, Robert
- Edition
- First Edition
- Dimensions
- 6 " x 9"
A Mark Twain sketch may begin as an ordinary cartoon: a camel eating the author's coat. You can see the scene, and it's very funny: the camel ""opening and closing his eyes in a kind of religious ecstasy, as if he had never tasted anything as good as an overcoat before in his life."" But then comes the Twain touch. The camel finds some newspaper correspondence, starts to eat it, and ""dies a death of indescribable agony, choking on one of the mildest and gentlest statements of fact that I ever laid before a trusting public.""
Over and over again, Twain goes beyond mere humor to turn his portraits into truthful, though sometimes unflattering, insights into the world and human nature. For most of Twain's animals are ""as human as you be.
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About the Author
Minnie M. Brashear was a professor of English at the University of Missouri and coeditor with Robert M. Rodney of The Birds and Beasts of Mark Twain (1966), also published by the University of Oklahoma Press. Rodney was professor of English at Northern Illinois University.
Robert Roché is known for his animal paintings and his portraits of famous Americans such as Eleanor Roosevelt.
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