{"product_id":"letters-from-the-earth-mark-twain-9780060518653","title":"Letters from the Earth: Uncensored Writings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The most impressive contribution to books by Mark Twain since \u003cem\u003eThe Mysterious Stranger of 1916\u003c\/em\u003e...The attitude is that of Swift, the intellectual contempt is that of Voltaire, and the imagination is that of one of the great masters of American writing.\"--New York Times Book Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVirtually none of the material in \u003cem\u003eLetters from the Earth\u003c\/em\u003e was published in Twain's lifetime and the manuscript was only approved by his executors in 1962. This is vintage Twain--sharp, witty, imaginative, wildly funny. His voice is as vigorous and blistering as ever, capable of surprising truth and provoking laughter in the most unlikely places. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this collection, he presents himself as the Father of History, reviewing and interpreting events from the garden of Eden through the Fall and the Flood, translating the papers of Adam and his descendants down through the generations. There are comments on James Fenimore Cooper, English architecture, and the civilization of the French, as well as proposals for a simplified alphabet and a parody of books on etiquette. Letters from the Earth an exuberantly eclectic collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Twain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0060518650\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060518653\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/17\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.36w x 0.85d","brand":"Mark Twain","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048310894847,"sku":"9780060518653","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_540ae510-d6f6-477c-aac8-f0c873c55d52.jpg?v=1684995082","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/letters-from-the-earth-mark-twain-9780060518653","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}