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1) Mark Twain
Language
English
Description
Samuel Clemens rose from a hardscrabble boyhood in the backwoods of Missouri to become, as Mark Twain, America's best-known and best-loved author. Considered in his time as the funniest man on earth, Twain was also an unflinching critic of human nature who used his humor to attack hypocrisy, greed and racism. He created some of the world's most memorable characters as well as its most quoted sayings. And, in his often-misunderstood novel "Huckleberry...
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
[1999, c1967]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Hal Holbrook's landmark one-man show is most startling in the freshness of Twain's stinging commentary on politics, the art of lying, religion, partriotism, slavery and man's notion that he is the Creator's pet
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn and Becky Thatcher stow away with Mark Twain on his magical airship and take an incredible journey through time in search of Halley's Comet. Along the way they encounter a variety of Twain's storybook characters
Publisher
Entertainment Programs
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (73 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Featuring never-before-seen archival footage, interviews with noted scholars, and Mark Twain's own recollections from his newly published autobiography, this unflinchingly explores Mark Twain's tumultuous final years. Based on the book by Karen Lystra and Twain's uncensored autobiography which is being published now, a century after his death.
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