The Twain–Ament indemnities controversy was a major cause célèbre in the United States of America in 1901 as a consequence of the published reactions... 98 KB (14,842 words) - 16:49, 13 January 2024 |
To the Person Sitting in Darkness (category Essays by Mark Twain) Chamberlain, William Scott Ament and others, and fueled the Twain–Ament indemnities controversy. Mark Twain was an outspoken critic of American involvement in... 9 KB (1,107 words) - 22:21, 8 February 2024 |
April 21, 1910), well known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. Twain is noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry... 13 KB (1,451 words) - 21:33, 11 April 2024 |
Twain criticized the actions of the missionary Dr. William Scott Ament (1851–1909) because Ament and other missionaries had collected indemnities from... 135 KB (15,308 words) - 05:50, 9 May 2024 |
The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor is an American award presented by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. annually... 37 KB (2,161 words) - 00:01, 26 March 2024 |
daughter of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (better known by his pen name Mark Twain) and Olivia Langdon Clemens. She founded or worked with a number of societies... 9 KB (806 words) - 00:21, 30 April 2024 |
American author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known under his pen name Mark Twain. Olivia Langdon was born in 1845 in Elmira, New York, to Jervis Langdon... 10 KB (1,106 words) - 20:11, 1 May 2024 |
The Adventures of Mark Twain, also known as Comet Quest in the United Kingdom, is a 1985 American independent stop-motion claymation fantasy film directed... 15 KB (1,721 words) - 01:18, 12 May 2024 |
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (category Novels by Mark Twain) of Tom Sawyer (also simply known as Tom Sawyer) is an 1876 novel by Mark Twain about a boy, Tom Sawyer, growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set... 38 KB (4,471 words) - 09:01, 26 April 2024 |
Great Game Great power Mutual Protection of Southeast China Twain–Ament indemnities controversy Alfred von Waldersee Tai chi chuan G7 G8 Klein (2008), p... 36 KB (3,887 words) - 07:38, 3 April 2024 |
and eldest daughter of Samuel Clemens, who wrote under the pen name Mark Twain, and his wife Olivia Langdon Clemens. She inspired some of her father's... 12 KB (1,372 words) - 14:38, 23 April 2024 |
The Innocents Abroad (category Books by Mark Twain) Progress is a travel book by American author Mark Twain. Published in 1869, it humorously chronicles what Twain called his "Great Pleasure Excursion" on board... 18 KB (1,828 words) - 22:04, 7 April 2024 |
The Awful German Language (redirect from Mark Twain German Language) "The Awful German Language" is an 1880 essay by Mark Twain published as Appendix D in A Tramp Abroad. The essay is a humorous exploration of the frustrations... 8 KB (1,109 words) - 20:36, 9 May 2024 |
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (category Novels by Mark Twain) Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by American author Mark Twain, which was first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United... 55 KB (6,620 words) - 22:09, 26 April 2024 |
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (category Novels by Mark Twain) King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The book was originally titled A Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Some early... 35 KB (4,906 words) - 20:28, 7 April 2024 |
The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (category Novels by Mark Twain) The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today is a novel by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner first published in 1873. It satirizes greed and political corruption... 9 KB (1,174 words) - 16:17, 13 October 2023 |
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County (category Short stories by Mark Twain) Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is an 1865 short story by Mark Twain. It was his first great success as a writer and brought him national attention... 15 KB (1,942 words) - 17:54, 23 March 2024 |
the Tudors. or simply 1601 is the title of a short risqué squib by Mark Twain, first published anonymously in 1880, and finally acknowledged by the author... 8 KB (933 words) - 19:05, 18 December 2023 |
Roughing It (category Books by Mark Twain) Roughing It is a book of semi-autobiographical travel literature by Mark Twain. It was written in 1870–71 and published in 1872, following his first travel... 6 KB (629 words) - 12:03, 23 April 2024 |
Luck (short story) (category Short stories by Mark Twain) Luck is an 1886 short story by Mark Twain which was first published in 1891 in Harper's Magazine. It was subsequently reprinted in 1892 in the anthology... 4 KB (583 words) - 21:37, 9 October 2023 |
of Mark Twain first occurred in Samuel Clemens's writing while in the Nevada Territory which he had journeyed to with his brother. Clemens/Twain lived in... 80 KB (11,398 words) - 22:02, 3 April 2024 |
Clemens (August 11, 1798 – March 24, 1847) was the father of author Mark Twain and of journalist and politician Orion Clemens, who was the first and only... 5 KB (541 words) - 22:32, 21 February 2024 |
The Mysterious Stranger (category Novels by Mark Twain) novel attempted by the American author Mark Twain. He worked on it intermittently from 1897 through 1908. Twain wrote multiple versions of the story; each... 16 KB (1,967 words) - 07:57, 5 May 2024 |
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant (category Mark Twain) early Ponzi scheme. The set was published by Mark Twain shortly after Grant's death in July 1885. Twain was a close personal friend of Grant and used his... 34 KB (4,464 words) - 18:57, 2 April 2024 |
Concerning the Jews (category Essays by Mark Twain) "Concerning the Jews" is an 1899 short essay by Mark Twain. Twain had lived in Austria during 1896, and opined that the Habsburg empire used Jews as scapegoats... 5 KB (593 words) - 16:42, 9 May 2024 |