Books with author S. L. CLEMENS

Jeffrey Porter never wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps; he had other plans. Now his father, is missing, and forces are conspiring to draw Jeffrey back to the mysterious house with two cellars. When he follows his father down the rabbit hole, he enlists the help of August Kimball, a man of quite different beliefs, talents and temperament. In their search, Jeffrey confronts the ghosts of his ambitions, working to reconcile memory and fact, and soon finds that if he and August are to lay claim to the future, he must first reclaim the past.

Mark Twain's story of the Jumping Frog was first published in the New York Saturday Press in November, 1865. This version is from an 1875 edition of Twain's hilarious story and icludes both the original story and one supposedly "rescued" from a translation into French. Contains the original illustrations plus contemporary wood engravings depicting mining life.

Jeffrey Porter never wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps; he had other plans. Now his father, is missing, and forces are conspiring to draw Jeffrey back to the mysterious house with two cellars. When he follows his father down the rabbit hole, he enlists the help of August Kimball, a man of quite different beliefs, talents and temperament. In their search, Jeffrey confronts the ghosts of his ambitions, working to reconcile memory and fact, and soon finds that if he and August are to lay claim to the future, he must first reclaim the past.

This story is about the life of a Gray whale named Gary that is extraordinary. This is about his near death experiences. He is wounded by a Killer Whale, gets beached, and escapes from whaling ships. He learns the ways of a shaman from a native boy. He is helped through all these experiences by a Spirit Whale. On the way to the summer feeding grounds he gets separated from his friends. They end up being attacked by whalers and trapped in icebergs. Its a roller coaster ride with all the exciting scenes awaiting you.

1.The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Most of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred; one or two were experiences of my own, the rest those of boys who were schoolmates of mine. Huck Finn is drawn from life; Tom Sawyer also, but not from an individual—he is a combination of the characteristics of three boys whom I knew, and therefore belongs to the composite order of architecture.2.Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, YOU don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly. There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth. That is nothing. I never seen anybody but lied one time or another, without it was Aunt Polly, or the widow, or maybe Mary. Aunt Polly—Tom's Aunt Polly, she is—and Mary, and the Widow Douglas is all told about in that book, which is mostly a true book, with some stretchers, as I said before.3A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, The ungentle laws and customs touched upon in this tale are historical, and the episodes which are used to illustrate them are also historical. It is not pretended that these laws and customs existed in England in the sixth century; no, it is only pretended that inasmuch as they existed in the English and other civilizations of far later times, it is safe to consider that it is no libel upon the sixth century to suppose them to have been in practice in that day also. One is quite justified in inferring that whatever one of these laws or customs was lacking in that remote time, its place was competently filled by a worse one.