The complete short stories
(1976)
Fiction
Book
Call Numbers:
FICTION/TWAIN,M/SC
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Cutchogue, New York : Buccaneer Books, 1976
DESCRIPTION
676 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN
0899682723
LANGUAGE
English
CONTENTS
Notorious jumping frog of Calaveras County --
Story of the bad little boy --
Cannibalism in the cars --
A day at Niagara --
Legend of the Capitoline Venus --
Journalism in Tennessee --
A curious dream --
Facts in the great beef contract --
How I edited an agricultural paper --
A medieval romance --
My watch --
Political economy --
Science vs. Luck --
Story of the good little boy --
Buck Fanshaw's funeral --
Story of the old ram --
Tom Quartz --
A trial --
Trials of Simon Erickson --
A true story --
Experience of the McWilliamses with membranous croup --
Some learned fables for good old boys and girls --
Canvasser's tale --
Loves of Alonzo Fitz Clarence and Rosannah Ethelton --
Edward Mills and George Benton: a tale --
Man who put up at Gadsby's --
Mrs. McWilliams and the lightning --
What stumped the bluejays --
A curious experience --
Invalid's story --
McWilliamses and the burglar alarm --
Stolen white elephant --
A burning brand --
A dying man's confession --
Professor's yarn --
A ghost story --
Luck --
Playing courier --
Californian's tale --
Diary of Adam and Eve --
Esquimau maiden's romance --
Is he living or is he dead? --
The £1,000,000 bank-note --
Cecil Rhodes and the shark --
Joke that made Ed's fortune --
A story without an end --
Man that corrupted Hadleyburg --
Death disk --
Two little tales --
Belated Russian passport --
A double-barreled detective story --
Five boons of life --
Was it heaven? or hell? --
A dog's tale --
The $30,000 bequest --
A horse's tale --
Hunting the deceitful turkey --
Extract from Captain Stormfield's visit to heaven --
A fable --
Mysterious stranger