Critical Companion to Mark Twain: A Literary Reference to His Life and Work
- ISBN-10
- 1438108524
- ISBN-13
- 9781438108520
- Category
- Authors, American
- Pages
- 1159
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-05-14
- Publisher
- Infobase Publishing
- Author
- R. Kent Rasmussen
Description
Praise for the previous edition:RASD/ALA "Outstanding Reference Source, 1996""'Essential' is the word for it!
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