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1892 1st Mark TWAIN Merry Tales Fact Fancy Civil War

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1892 1st Mark TWAIN Merry Tales Fact Fancy Civil War Stories US ARMY Provenance

“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”

― Mark Twain

‘Merry Tales’ is a collection of short stories by Mark Twain, including:

"The Private History of a Campaign That Failed"

"The Invalid's Story"

"Luck"

"The Captain's Story"

"A Curious Experience"

"Mrs. Mc Williams and the Lightning"

"Meisterschaft"

This collection of captivating tales displays Twain's characteristic energy, imagination, and sense of fun, as well as the darkly satirical edge that marks so much of his work. The best-known story in this collection is "The Private History of a Campaign That Failed," one of the few pieces Twain ever wrote about his experiences in the Civil War. As Anne Bernays writes in her introduction,

“"unmatched in the care and handling of tone," "The Private History of a Campaign That Failed" is "a merry tale about shattered innocence and slaughter, an antiwar manifesto that is also confession, dramatic monologue...and a romp that gradually turns into atrocity even as we watch. It is a small masterpiece.”

Item number: #14345

Price: $550

TWAIN, Mark

Merry Tales

New York: Charles L. Webster, 1892. First Edition. First State.

Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

vi, 209, [9]

References: BAL 3435

Provenance: Handwritten – HL Bailey, 1st Lt. US Army, 1894

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure

Cloth

Size: ~7.25in X 5in (18.5cm x 13cm)

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