Mark Twain eBooks
eBooks di Mark Twain editi da Digital Deen Publications di Formato Mobipocket
Life On The Mississippi. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Mark Twain - Digital Deen Publications, 2017 -
Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain detailing his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before and after the American Civil War. The book begins with a brief history of the river. It continues with anecdotes of Twain's training as a steamboat pilot, as the 'cub' of an experienced pilot. He describes, with great affection, the science of navigating the ever-changing Mississippi River. In the second half, the book describes Twain's return, many years later, to travel on a steamboat from St. Louis to New Orleans. He describes the competition from railroads, the new- large cities, and his observations on greed, gullibility, tragedy, and bad architecture. Simultaneously published in 1883 in the U.S. and in England, it is said to be the first book composed on a typewriter.
Roughing It. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Mark Twain - Digital Deen Publications, 2017 -
Roughing It follows the travels of young Mark Twain through the Wild West during the years 1861–1867. After a brief stint as a Confederate cavalry militiaman, he joined his brother Orion Clemens, who had been appointed Secretary of the Nevada Territory, on a stagecoach journey west. Twain consulted his brother's diary to refresh his memory and borrowed heavily from his active imagination for many stories in the novel.