Mark Twain: Young Writer

by Miriam E. Mason, Henry S. Gillette (Illustrator)

One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics of childhood have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. These lively, inspiring, believable biographies sweep today's young readers right into history.

Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, History, Childrens, Juvenile

192 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 1942

Reviews

[Jonah]

this is actully from my KOF class.

[Cindy aka "The Book Fairy" · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such an enjoyable story even though I was familiar with him of course having read Huck's and Tom Sawyer's stories growing up..being the avid reader I am....I liked the spiritual aspects as well as learning more about his family life, his fascination with the rivers etc. the many mentions of his family attending church and Sunday School...how he enjoyed hearing about Moses and other Bible characters, the start of his friendship with Tom Blankenship; aka Tom Sawyer....It was such a pleasure reading this as it made me want to read about Huck and Tom again as they were a glimpse and reflection on life during that era...Twain even mentioned Charles Dickens as I want to reread Oliver Twist as well as that was a slice of British life during that time...........Classics are so rich really!

[Katy Lovejoy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sammy is Always so amusing

[Jenn · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the third book of this series that my kids and I have read and it's a fantastic series. The books are slightly fictionalized, so they read like a story rather than a biography.

My kids loved reading about Sammy's club and his cave and how he finally made his dream come true of becoming a steamboat captain. And I finally learned how he chose the pen name Mark Twain! It was a phrase he would hear the rivermen say as they were measuring the depth of the water. Mark Twain was their way of saying the water was deep enough for the boat (the mark came to two (twain) fathoms) - or, in other words, safe water.

[Charlotte · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked Mark Twain and learned some new things about him.