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What is man? and other essays / by Mark Twain [pseudonym].

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Dreiser Library PS1322 .W5 1917
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection AC85 C5915 917w copy 2
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Van Pelt Library PS1322 .W5 1917
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
Contributor:
Library of Theodore Dreiser (University of Pennsylvania)
Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Penn Provenance:
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945 (bookplate)
Peck, James F. (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy 1)
Birdwhistell, Robert Nevins, family of (donor) (Culture Class Collection copy 1 & 3)
Perrin, Oliver W. (donor) (Culture Class Collection copy 2)
Morrison, John A. (bookplate) (Culture Class Collection copy 3)
Physical Description:
3 preliminary leaves, 375 pages, 1 unnumbered page : frontispiece (portrait) illustrations ; 21 cm
Place of Publication:
New York and London : Harper & Brothers, [1917]
Contents:
What is man?
The death of Jean.
The turning-point of my life.
How to make history dates stick.
The memorable assassination.
A scrap of curious history.
Switzerland, the cradle of liberty.
At the shrine of St. Wagner.
William Dean Howells.
English as she is taught.
A simplified alphabet.
As concerns interpreting the deity.
Concerning tobacco.
The bee.
Taming the bicycle.
Is Shakespeare dead?
Local Notes:
Culture Class Collection copy 1 has autograph of James F. Peck, San Francisco.
Culture Class Collection copy 1 has underlines and marginal marks.
Culture Class Collection copy 2 has marginal marks and annotations.
Culture Class Collection copy 2 has card written in ms. laid in.
Culture Class Collection copy 3 has bookplate of John A. Morrison.
OCLC:
1083855

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