Mark Twains Letters from Hawaii
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (828 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1572704284 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 1 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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Loving "Mark Twain's Letters from Hawaii" Joan Kehaulani Schmidt I'm a "late" college graduate who completed my English degree in 2010 during my 70th year of life. I read this rendition of Twain's reaction to 1866 Hawaii for a class in Hawaiiana. Being born and raised an "island girl" I was eager to see if he would capture the sensitivity and lifestyle of the Hawaiian people as he had with his "on spot" descriptions of characters in his many other writings. I was not disappointed. You see, living on. "it was so fun reading about the original families" according to S. Kurtzman. Lovely book of letters from 1866 with Twain's time in Hawaii. Being from there, it was so fun reading about the original families, the price of a horse ($it was so fun reading about the original families S. Kurtzman Lovely book of letters from 1866 with Twain's time in Hawaii. Being from there, it was so fun reading about the original families, the price of a horse ($4), how he tramped around the various islands. I would think an islander would love reading this, and I sent my copy on to another kamaaina to read.Aloha!Sally. ), how he tramped around the various islands. I would think an islander would love reading this, and I sent my copy on to another kamaaina to read.Aloha!Sally. Excellent This is the audiobook edition of a collection of dispatches that Mark Twain wrote, as a newspaper correspondent, to the Sacramento Daily Union in 1866 during his 7-month sojourn in Hawaii. Mark Twain impressionist McAvoy Layne very ably does the reading for the audiobook edition, bringing Mark Twain's written narrative to life.Letters from Hawaii provides a fascinating look at 19th century Hawaii -- the people, royalty, customs, cultur
The Huck Finn of foreign correspondents provides a colorful account of old Honolulu, the island nobility, the City of Refuge on the Kona coast, and the active volcano of Kilauea. These selections of Mark Twains newspaper dispatches are both charming and informative. This recording evokes the historical era with the eye of a verbal artist and the voice of the performing artist.. The light touch of the great humorist is seldom missing as he reveals the loveliest fleet of islands that lie anchored in any ocean
From Publishers Weekly Hearing Layne read Mark Twain's newspaper dispatches from Hawaii gives one the invigorating sense of visiting an exotic locale as well as a different era. . They will also receive a reminder of why Twain's legacy has endured. Though few people other than lovers of Hawaii will likely tune in to these letters, those who do will never see their favorite vacation spot (or home) in quite the same way again. Before writing his first novel, the penniless journalist got a four-month-long gig writing about his travels in the "the loveliest fleet of island