General Grant's Last Stand; a BiographyScribner, 1936 - 334 pages |
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... Mark Twain was a publisher , doesn't it seem strange that he would communicate to a possible rival the status and proposed terms of a contract not yet signed ? " smoke a cigar " with Grant . He said 289 Mark Twain as a Publisher.
... Mark Twain was a publisher , doesn't it seem strange that he would communicate to a possible rival the status and proposed terms of a contract not yet signed ? " smoke a cigar " with Grant . He said 289 Mark Twain as a Publisher.
Page 291
... Mark Twain's exuberant style will recognize the above as his way of driving home a point . Mr. Johnson says that " Mr. Albert Bigelow Paine's account in The Life of Mark Twain of how the book came to be given to Mr. Clemens's firm ...
... Mark Twain's exuberant style will recognize the above as his way of driving home a point . Mr. Johnson says that " Mr. Albert Bigelow Paine's account in The Life of Mark Twain of how the book came to be given to Mr. Clemens's firm ...
Page 292
... Mark Twain was signed February 27 , 1885. Mark Twain's swift intuition had envisioned at once the magnitude of the proposition ; his swift enthu- siasm , backed by the persuasive sound of guaranteed roy- alty , was a tremendous stimulus ...
... Mark Twain was signed February 27 , 1885. Mark Twain's swift intuition had envisioned at once the magnitude of the proposition ; his swift enthu- siasm , backed by the persuasive sound of guaranteed roy- alty , was a tremendous stimulus ...
Contents
The Saddle Back of Time | 3 |
Beginning of the Memoirs II | 11 |
A Note to Doctor Douglas West Point Mexico | 16 |
Copyright | |
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