Humorous American Short Stories
Selections from Mark Twain to Others Much More Recent
2013
First Published
3.61
Average Rating
256
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This anthology of 30 entertaining tales features the works of early American authors such as Benjamin Franklin and stories by 20th-century writers, including Dorothy Parker, Langston Hughes, James Thurber, and Philip Roth. Additional contributors include Harriet Beecher Stowe, O. Henry, Bret Harte, Mark Twain, Washington Irving, Ring Lardner, and others.
Avg Rating
3.61
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70
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Author
Bob Blaisdell
Author · 32 books
Bob Blaisdell is a published adapter, author, editor, and an illustrator of children's books and young adult books. He teaches English in Brooklyn at Kingsborough Community College. He is a reviewer for the San Francisco Chronicle and Christian Science Monitor and the editor of more than three dozen anthologies for Dover Publications. Email him at Robert.Blaisdell@Kingsborough.edu
