01787cam a2200337 4500 388840472 TxAuBib 20170519120000.0 030930s2004||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2003021265 9780448433196 pbk. 0448433192 pbk. TxAuBib Prince, April Jones. Who Was Mark Twain? / by April Jones Prince ; illustrated by John O'Brien. Mark Twain. New York : Grosset & Dunlap, [2004] 105 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm. Who HQ Includes bibliographical references (page [104]-105). Who was Mark Twain? -- In with the comet -- Life on the Mississippi -- Roughing it -- The celebrated jumping frog -- The Gilded Age -- Tom and Huck -- Following the Equator -- Waiting for the comet. A humorist, narrator, and social observer, Mark Twain is unsurpassed in American literature. Best known as the author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain, not unlike his protagonist, Huck, has a restless spirit. He found adventure prospecting for silver in Nevada, navigating steamboats down the Mississippi, and making people laugh around the world. But Twain also had a serious streak and decried racism and injustice. His fascinating life is captured candidly in this enjoyable biography. 20170519. Twain, Mark 1835-1910 Juvenile literature. Twain, Mark 1835-1910. Authors, American 19th Century Biography Juvenile Literature. Authors, American. American Authors Biography. O'Brien, John, 1953-, Illustrator. Who HQ.