Three Sketches By Mark Twain: My Late Senatorial Secretaryship, The Facts Concerning the Recent Resignation, and How I Edited an Agricultural Paper.
TWAIN, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens].
Three Sketches By Mark Twain: My Late Senatorial Secretaryship, The Facts Concerning the Recent Resignation, and How I Edited an Agricultural Paper.
The Overbrook Press Edition of Three Sketches By Mark Twain
Stamford: The Overbrook Press, 1946.
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The Overbrook Press edition of three of Mark Twain’s humorous and satirical sketches. Octavo, original wrappers. Accompanied by a note from The Overbrook Press laid in stating, “James C. Auchincloss Apr 7 – 1947 With the compliments of Frank Altschul.” James C. Auchincloss (1885–1976) was a Republican congressman from New Jersey who served from 1943 to 1965 and played a significant role on the House Appropriations Committee, reflecting his moderate conservative stance and interest in fiscal policy. Frank Altschul (1887–1981) was an American banker, philanthropist, and bibliophile whose career bridged finance, diplomacy, and cultural patronage. As a prominent collector and donor, particularly through his involvement with the Yale University Library and the Council on Foreign Relations, Altschul played a significant role in supporting internationalist education and preserving rare books and manuscripts. In very good condition.
Lauded by William Faulkner as “the father of American literature,” American writer, humorist, and publisher Mark Twain’s best-known works include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), the latter often called “The Great American Novel.” Mark Twain’s sketches My Late Senatorial Secretaryship, The Facts Concerning the Recent Resignation, and How I Edited an Agricultural Paper exemplify his early mastery of satire and comic prose. Written during his years as a journalist and lecturer, these pieces lampoon political ambition, bureaucratic absurdity, and journalistic inexperience, revealing Twain’s sharp eye for the hypocrisies of American public life.
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