Great Speeches by Mark Twain

    Great Speeches by Mark Twain

    By Mark Twain Edited by Bob Blaisdell

    $3.50

    Publication Date: 25th March 2013


    American novelist and humorist Mark Twain was a captivating public speaker, and this affordable volume brings together a generous selection of his best speeches. Contents include his famous 70th birthday address, delivered at a 1905 gala; his classic oration on "Plymouth Rock and the Pilgrims"; and the perennial favorite, "Horrors of the German Language."
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    American novelist and humorist Mark Twain was a captivating public speaker, and this affordable volume brings together a generous selection of his best speeches. Contents include his famous 70th birthday address, delivered at a 1905 gala; his classic oration on "Plymouth Rock and the Pilgrims"; and the perennial favorite, "Horrors of the German Language."
    Dover Original.
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    American novelist and humorist Mark Twain was a captivating public speaker, and this affordable volume brings together a generous selection of his best speeches. Contents include his famous 70th birthday address, delivered at a 1905 gala; his classic oration on "Plymouth Rock and the Pilgrims"; and the perennial favorite, "Horrors of the German Language."
    Dover Original.
    Details
    • Price: $3.50
    • Pages: 192
    • Publisher: Dover Publications
    • Imprint: Dover Publications
    • Series: Dover Thrift Editions: Speeches/Quotations
    • Publication Date: 25th March 2013
    • Trim Size: 5.18 x 8.25 in
    • ISBN: 9780486288888
    • Format: eBook
    • BISACs:
      LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Public Speaking
      LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / General
      LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Speeches
      HUMOR / General
      REFERENCE / General
    Author Bio
    After the Civil War, Samuel Clemens (1835–1910) left his small town to seek work as a riverboat pilot. As Mark Twain, the Missouri native found his place in the world. Author, journalist, lecturer, wit, and sage, Twain created enduring works that have enlightened and amused readers of all ages for generations.
    An English professor at the City University of New York's Kingsborough College, Bob Blaisdell is the editor of numerous Dover Thrift Editions and regularly reviews books for The San Francisco Chronicle and The Christian Science Monitor.

    American novelist and humorist Mark Twain was a captivating public speaker, and this affordable volume brings together a generous selection of his best speeches. Contents include his famous 70th birthday address, delivered at a 1905 gala; his classic oration on "Plymouth Rock and the Pilgrims"; and the perennial favorite, "Horrors of the German Language."
    Dover Original.
    • Price: $3.50
    • Pages: 192
    • Publisher: Dover Publications
    • Imprint: Dover Publications
    • Series: Dover Thrift Editions: Speeches/Quotations
    • Publication Date: 25th March 2013
    • Trim Size: 5.18 x 8.25 in
    • ISBN: 9780486288888
    • Format: eBook
    • BISACs:
      LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Public Speaking
      LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / General
      LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Speeches
      HUMOR / General
      REFERENCE / General
    After the Civil War, Samuel Clemens (1835–1910) left his small town to seek work as a riverboat pilot. As Mark Twain, the Missouri native found his place in the world. Author, journalist, lecturer, wit, and sage, Twain created enduring works that have enlightened and amused readers of all ages for generations.
    An English professor at the City University of New York's Kingsborough College, Bob Blaisdell is the editor of numerous Dover Thrift Editions and regularly reviews books for The San Francisco Chronicle and The Christian Science Monitor.

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