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MARK TWAINS VIEWS ON RELIGION OF HIS TIME

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MARK TWAINS VIEWS ON RELIGION OF HIS TIME

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Title: MARK TWAIN'S VIEWS ON RELIGION OF HIS TIME

Description: REPORT FROM PARADISE by Mark Twain. contains 2 essays he never published in his lifetime because his wife was upset he wrote them. They are Captain Stormfield Visits Heaven and Letters From The Recording Angel. Both are humorous but can be considered impious by some. Yes, Twain himself was a religious man and did believe in the Almighty.

Condition: This edition was published by Harper in 1952. Illustrations by Charles Locke. 95pp, Nicely set in type by the Golden Hind Press of New Jersey. Nice Paper. Bright Clean Hardcovers in VG DJ.

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