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1) Walt Whitman, a life

Author

Kaplan, Justin

Pub. Date

[1980]

Language

English

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"Whitman emerges from this biography alive and kicking-hugely human, enormously attractive." -Newsweek A moving, penetrating, sharply focused portrait of America's greatest poet-his genius, his passions, his androgynous sensibility-an exuberant life entwined with the turbulent history of mid-nineteenth century America. In vivid detail, Justin Kaplan, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, examines the mysterious selves of this...

2) Mark Twain and his world

Author

Kaplan, Justin

Language

English

3) When the Astors owned New York: blue bloods and grand hotels in a gilded age

Author

Kaplan, Justin

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

4) Bartlett's familiar quotations: a collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature

Author

Bartlett, John

Language

English

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A completely revised and updated edition provides a sweeping overview of the cultural influence of inspirational language and includes new contributions by such authors as the Dalai Lama, Steve Jobs and Desmond Tutu.

5) Familiar quotations: a collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature

Author

Bartlett, John

Language

English

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A new edition of the classic reference, first published in 1855, features more than twenty thousand quotations, representing some 2,500 authors, including new selections from Bill Clinton, Margaret Atwood, and Mother Teresa.

6) Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain: a biography

Author

Kaplan, Justin

Pub. Date

[1966]

Language

English

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MCL - National Book Award
MCL - Pulitzer Prize for Biography

7) Mark Twain, a profile

Author

Kaplan, Justin

Series

American profiles

Pub. Date

[1967]

Edition

[First edition].

Language

English

8) The language of names

Author

Kaplan, Justin

Pub. Date

[1997]

Language

English

9) Lincoln Steffens: a biography

Author

Kaplan, Justin

Pub. Date

[1974]

Language

English

10) The adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Author

Twain, Mark

Language

English

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JEF - Classic Literature

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Book, Audiobook CD, Audiobook MP3-CD, CD + Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Graphic Novel, Kindle, Large Print

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A nineteenth-century boy, floating down the Mississippi River on a raft with a runaway slave, becomes involved with a feuding family, two scoundrels pretending to be royalty, and Tom Sawyer's aunt, who mistakes him for Tom.