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Author Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.

Title The birds and beasts of Mark Twain / edited by Robert M. Rodney and Minnie M. Brashear ; original paintings and drawings by Robert Roché.

Publication Info. Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [1966]
©1966

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  817 T91BI    Check Shelf
Edition 1st ed.
Description xiv, 117 pages : 1 color illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents Foreword -- About the artist -- Vignettes -- The cat and the pain-killer -- Jim Wolf and the cats -- The poodle dog and the pinch bug -- The dachshund -- The Pony Express -- The town-dog and the coyote -- Hank, the buffalo-hunter -- Tom Quartz, the dynamite cat -- Jim Baker's blue-jay yarn -- A genuine Mexican plug -- The jackass rabbit -- The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County -- Sights at the zoological gardens -- The insulting raven -- A naturalist tavern -- The aimless ant -- "Jericho," the most spirited horse on earth -- The Syrian camel -- The Syrian camel's appetite -- Australian oddities -- The dingo -- Elephants -- The monkeys of Delhi -- The rowdy crows of India -- The shifty-eyed chameleon -- Cecil Rhodes and the fortune shark -- A dog's tale -- A horse's tale (abridged).
Subject Short stories, American.
Short stories, American. (OCoLC)fst01117064
Added Author Rodney, Robert M.
Brashear, Minnie M. (Minnie May)
Roché, Robert.
Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress)
Other Form: Online version: Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Birds and beasts of Mark Twain. 1st ed. Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, ©1966 (OCoLC)765788299
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