A Scrap of Curious History: An excerpt from What Is Man? and Other Essays

by Mark Twain

Overview

A Scrap of Curious History is an essay published by Mark Twain as part of the 'What Is Man? and Other Essays' collection. It forms the sixth essay out of a total of fifteen within the original publication and deals with the fictional history of abolitionism in a Missouri town.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781717359896
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	04/24/2018
Series:	Excerpts from What Is Man? and Other Essays , #6
Pages:	26
Product dimensions:	5.08(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.05(d)

About the Author

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), best known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an author and humorist noted for the novels The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (which has been called "The Great American Novel") and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, among many other books. Twain was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, which later provided the setting for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, and he spent time as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River before finding fame as a writer.

Date of Birth:

November 30, 1835

Date of Death:

April 21, 1910

Place of Birth:

Florida, Missouri

Place of Death:

Redding, Connecticut