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Author:

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.

Title:

The $30,000 bequest and other stories / Mark Twain ; foreword, Shelley Fisher Fishkin ; introduction, Frederick Busch ; afterword, Judith Yaross Lee.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

1996

Description:

xlv, 523, 29 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Humorous stories, American.
United States--Fiction.--Fiction.

Contents:

The $30,000 bequest -- A dog's tale -- Was it heaven? or hell? -- The Californian's tale -- A helpless situation -- A telephonic conversation -- Edward Mills and George Benton: a tale -- Saint Joan of Arc -- The five boons of life -- The first writing-machines -- Italian without a master -- Italian with grammar -- A burlesque biography -- General Washington's negro body-servant -- Wit inspirations of the "two-year-olds" -- An entertaining article -- A letter to the Secretary of the Treasury -- Amended obituaries -- A monument to Adam -- A humane word from Satan -- Introduction to "The new guide of the conversation in Portuguese and English -- Advice to little girls -- Post-mortem poetry -- A deception -- The danger of lying in bed -- Portrait of King William III -- Does the race of man love a lord? -- Eve's diary -- The invalid's story -- The captain's story -- Mark Twain: a biographical sketch -- In memoriam -- The belated Russian passport -- Two little tales -- Diplomatic pay and clothes -- Extracts from Adam's diary -- The death disk -- A double-barreled detective story.

Series:

The Oxford Mark Twain
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Oxford Mark Twain.

ISBN:

9780195113457 (lib. ed. set : acid-free paper)
0195113454 (lib. ed. set : acid-free paper)
9780195090888 (trade ed. set : acid-free paper)
0195090888 (trade ed. set : acid-free paper)
9780195114232 (lib. ed. : acid-free paper)
019511423X (lib. ed. : acid-free paper)
9780195101461
0195101464

OCLC:

(OCoLC)34475028

LCCN:

96014730

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

JAAX771 -- Faith Baptist Bible College - John L. Patten Library (Ankeny)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

UPAX334 -- Upper Iowa University - Henderson-Wilder Library (Fayette)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)