false <![CDATA[Mark Twain on the Damned Human Race]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1206576657m/1012098.jpg 2967 4 Irreverent, charming, eminently quotable, this handbook--an eccentric etiquette guide for the human race--contains sixty-nine aphorisms, anecdotes, whimsical suggestions, maxims, and cautionary tales from Mark Twain's private and published writings. It dispenses advice and reflections on family life and public manners; opinions on topics such as dress, health, food, and childrearing and safety; and more specialized tips, such as those for dealing with annoying salesmen and burglars. Culled from Twain's personal letters, autobiographical writings, speeches, novels, and sketches, these pieces are delightfully fresh, witty, startlingly relevant, and bursting with Twain's characteristic ebullience for life. They also remind us exactly how Mark Twain came to be the most distinctive and well-known American literary voice in the world. These texts, some of them new or out of print for decades, have been selected and meticulously prepared by the editors at the Mark Twain Project. 6849 1962 Helpful Hints for Good Living: A Handbook for the Damned Human Race total:122|5:65|4:38|3:16|2:2|1:1| 122 530 248 13 4 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Mon Oct 20 18:17:51 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 18:20:18 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 17 22:33:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 10 09:35:37 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Sun Jul 01 08:49:54 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 01 08:55:51 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 20:11:38 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 20:17:17 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Oct 23 21:02:42 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 21:03:49 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Wed Feb 27 18:02:48 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 27 18:10:28 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed May 07 20:55:15 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 21:08:10 -0700 2008
Mark Twain at his most acerbic cynical hysterical self.

Little gems, like Jews "too were part of the human race, and worse he could say about no man)

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