Hunting the Deceitful Turkey By Mark Twain Paperback 1522838309 9781522838302 Literature Fiction Hunting the Deceitful Turkey Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called The Great American Novel. Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, which provided the setting for Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. After an apprenticeship with a printer, he worked as a typesetter and contributed articles to the newspaper of his older brother, Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River before heading west to join Orion in Nevada. He referred humorously to his singular lack of success at mining, turning to journalism for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise. In 1865, his humorous story, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, was published, based on a story he heard at Angels Hotel in Angels Camp, California, where he had spent some time as a miner. The short story brought international attention, and was even translated into classic Greek. His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers, and he was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty. Though Twain earned a great deal of money from his writings and lectures, he invested in ventures that lost a great deal of money, notably the Paige Compositor, a mechanical typesetter, which failed because of its complexity and imprecision. In the wake of these financial setbacks, he filed for protection from his creditors via bankruptcy, and with the help of Henry Huttleston Rogers eventually overcame his financial troubles. Twain chose to pay all his pre bankruptcy creditors in full, though he had no legal responsibility to do so. Twain was born shortly after a visit by Halleys Comet, and he predicted that he would go out with it, too. He died the day after the comet returned. He was lauded as the greatest American humorist of his age, and William Faulkner called Twain the father of American literature. Samuel Langhorne Clemens known by the pen name Mark Twain was an American writer humorist and essayist He was praised as the greatest humorist the United States has produced with site_link William Faulkner calling him the father of American literature His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 1876 and its sequel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1884 with the latter often called the Great American Novel Twain also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court 1889 and Puddnhead Wilson 1894 and co wrote The Gilded Age A Tale of Today 1873 with site_link Charles Dudley Warner Librarian Note There is than one author by this name in the Goodreads database. Samuel Langhorne Clemens known by the pen name Mark Twain was an American writer humorist and essayist He was praised as the greatest humorist the United States has produced with site_link William Faulkner calling him the father of American literature His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 1876 and its sequel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1884 with the latter often called the Great American Novel Twain also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur s Court 1889 and Pudd nhead Wilson 1894 and co wrote The Gilded Age A Tale of Today 1873 with site_link Charles Dudley Warner site_link Samuel Langhorne Clemens November 30 1835 April 21 1910 better known by his pen name Mark Twain was an American author and humorist He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 1876 and its sequel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1885 the latter often called The Great American Novel Twain grew up in Hannibal Missouri which provided the setting for Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer After an apprenticeship with a printer he worked as a typesetter and contributed articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens He later became a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River before heading west to join Orion in Nevada He referred humorously to his singular lack of success at mining turning to journalism for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise In 1865 his humorous story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County was published based on a story he heard at Angels Hotel in Angels Camp California where he had spent some time as a miner The short story brought international attention and was even translated into classic Greek His wit and satire in prose and in speech earned praise from critics and peers and he was a friend to presidents artists industrialists and European royalty Though Twain earned a great deal of money from his writings and lectures he invested in ventures that lost a great deal of money notably the Paige Compositor a mechanical typesetter which failed because of its complexity and imprecision In the wake of these financial setbacks he filed for protection from his creditors via bankruptcy and with the help of Henry Huttleston Rogers eventually overcame his financial troubles Twain chose to pay all his pre bankruptcy creditors in full though he had no legal responsibility to do so Twain was born shortly after a visit by Halley s Comet and he predicted that he would go out with it too He died the day after the comet returned He was lauded as the greatest American humorist of his age and William Faulkner called Twain the father of American literature Hunting the Deceitful TurkeyIt was a definite not a deceitful turkey 1522838309 Meh A mediocre tale of a boy who did not much have a heart for hunting Who can blame him 1522838309 definitely one of Twain s weaker stories it s about a boy who tried to hunt a turkey and doesn t succeed It s not very entertaining and lacks the spark of comedy in many of Twain s other works 1522838309 A young man tries to catch a turkey 1522838309

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