Mark Twain's San Francisco

Mark Twain

ISBN 10: 9997554167 ISBN 13: 9789997554161

Publisher: McGraw Hill Text

Synopsis

Being a Generous and Uninhibited Cornucopia of Reports, Speculations, Satires, Brickbats, Musings, Topical Verse, and Other Observations by Mark Twain

Jumping frogs, high society, beloved San Francisco characters Emperor Norton and the stray dogs Bummer and Lazarus who followed on his heels--nothing escaped Mark Twain's scrutiny or his acerbic wit. Editor 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.

Like a good sidekick in a comedy duo, Edward Jump, a contemporary of Twain's, offers through his lively illustrations a visual drum roll to Twain's cantankerous prose.

From earthquakes, police scandals, and tantalizing silver mine bonanzas to elegant ladies blowing their noses in ''exquisitely modulated tones'' and seals ''writhing and squirming like exaggerated maggots'' below the Cliff House, Mark Twain has left us a vision of San Francisco that is at once fascinating and hilariously familiar.

About this title

From the Publisher

A California Legacy Book.

About the Author

Bernard Taper is the author of several books, including the acclaimed Balanchine: A Biography and Cellist in Exile: A Portrait of Pablo Casals. Following a stint as a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, he worked for many years as a staff writer for the New Yorker. Since 1970 he has also been a professor of journalism at the University of California, Berkeley.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw Hill Text
• ISBN 10: 9997554167
• ISBN 13: 9789997554161
• Binding: Unknown Binding