Mark Twain's Helpful Hints for Good Living: A Handbook for the Damned Human Race (Jumping Frogs: Undiscovered, Rediscovered, and Celebrated Writings of Mark Twain): 2

Mark Twain

ISBN 10: 0520242459 / ISBN 13: 9780520242456

Published by University of California Press, United States, Berkerley, 2004

About this Item

Irreverent, charming, eminently quotable, this handbook--an eccentric etiquette guide for the human race--contains sixty-nine aphorisms, anecdotes, whimsical suggestions, maxims, and cautionary tales from Mark Twain's private and published writings. It dispenses advice and reflections on family life and public manners; opinions on topics such as dress, health, food, and childrearing and safety; and more specialized tips, such as those for dealing with annoying salesmen and burglars. Culled from Twain's personal letters, autobiographical writings, speeches, novels, and sketches, these pieces are delightfully fresh, witty, startlingly relevant, and bursting with Twain's characteristic ebullience for life. They also remind us exactly how Mark Twain came to be the most distinctive and well-known American literary voice in the world. These texts, some of them new or out of print for decades, have been selected and meticulously prepared by the editors at the Mark Twain Project. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mark Twain's Helpful Hints for Good Living: A Handbook for the Damned Human Race (Jumping Frogs: Undiscovered, Rediscovered, and Celebrated Writings of Mark Twain): 2
• Publisher: University of California Press, United States, Berkerley
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520242459
• ISBN 13: 9780520242456
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Irreverent, charming, eminently quotable, this handbook―an eccentric etiquette guide for the human race―contains sixty-nine aphorisms, anecdotes, whimsical suggestions, maxims, and cautionary tales from Mark Twain's private and published writings. It dispenses advice and reflections on family life and public manners; opinions on topics such as dress, health, food, and childrearing and safety; and more specialized tips, such as those for dealing with annoying salesmen and burglars. Culled from Twain's personal letters, autobiographical writings, speeches, novels, and sketches, these pieces are delightfully fresh, witty, startlingly relevant, and bursting with Twain's characteristic ebullience for life. They also remind us exactly how Mark Twain came to be the most distinctive and well-known American literary voice in the world. These texts, some of them new or out of print for decades, have been selected and meticulously prepared by the editors at the Mark Twain Project.

About the Author

Lin Salamo, Victor Fischer, and Michael B. Frank are editors at the Mark Twain Project of The Bancroft Library at the University of California at Berkeley.