Mark Twain's helpful hints for good living : a handbook for the damned human race / Mark Twain ; edited by Lin Salamo, Victor Fischer, and Michael B. Frank of the Mark Twain Project.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.

Contributor:

Salamo, Lin.

Fischer, Victor, 1942-

Frank, Michael B.

Bancroft Library Mark Twain Project., Content Provider.

Series:

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Jumping frogs ; 2.

Jumping frogs ; 2

Jumping Frogs: Undiscovered, Rediscovered, and Celebrated Writings of Mark Twain

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910--Quotations.

Twain, Mark.

Conduct of life--Quotations, maxims, etc.

Conduct of life.

Conduct of life--Literary collections.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Irreverent, charming, eminently "able, this handbook-an eccentric etiquette guide for the human race-contains sixty-nine aphorisms, anecdotes, whimsical suggestions, maxims, and cautionary tales from Mark Twain's private and published writings. It dispenses advice and reflections on family life and public manners; opinions on topics such as dress, health, food, and childrearing and safety; and more specialized tips, such as those for dealing with annoying salesmen and burglars. Culled from Twain's personal letters, autobiographical writings, speeches, novels, and sketches, these pieces are delightfully fresh, witty, startlingly relevant, and bursting with Twain's characteristic ebullience for life. They also remind us exactly how Mark Twain came to be the most distinctive and well-known American literary voice in the world. These texts, some of them new or out of print for decades, have been selected and meticulously prepared by the editors at the Mark Twain Project.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Illustrations

Introduction

1. Everyday Etiquette

2. Modest Proposals and Judicious Complaints

3. The American Table

4. Travel Manners

5. Health and Diet

6. Parenting and the Ethical Child

7. Clothes, Fashion, and Style

8. In Case of Emergency

About the Texts

Works Cited

Acknowledgments

Notes:

"The Mark Twain Project is a research and editorial project housed within the Mark Twain Papers at the Bancroft Library, Univ. of Calif., Berkeley."

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9786612463167

9781282463165

1282463160

9780520931343

0520931343

9781597347365

1597347361

OCLC:

475927423