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Title: Letters from the Earth : Uncensored Writings by Mark Twain ISBN: 0-06-051865-0 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 17 February, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.63 (27 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: LFTE opened my 13 year-old eyes to a new world perspective.
Comment: Mark Twain's cynicism toward religion was an eye opening experience to me as a naive 13 year-old. After being raised with a strong Protestant background, to be presented with the notions that 1) God and His angels were uncaring entities who weren't even aware of our existence, and 2) that we humans were laughably stupid to think that we were God's chosen ones in all the Universe were shocking blasphemies! But many of Twain's comments, speaking as Satan, became grist for my teenage brain; the brain that was beginning to look outward toward the world and wonder about my place in it.
I am now 48 years-old. In thinking back to my first reading of LFTE, I have come to realize that this book might well have represented the first step in shaping the beliefs I hold today. I eagerly await my second reading of Twain's "Letters" to see, at mid-life, how they settle in my heart and brain now that I have married and have two children (ages 10 and 14). I believe I'll read them some of the more delicious passages!
Rating: 5
Summary: Shaking Foundations and Prodding Sacred Cows
Comment: I first read "Letters from the Earth" in 1962, when I was a highschool student in Redding, CT. Redding was the last home of Mark Twain, and those who held his literary legacy as sacred, his library as a shrine, were definitely upset and embarrased when it was published. All this made it compelling reading for an adolescent who was beginning to notice the inconsistencies, hypocrisies and downright insanities of human belief.
"Letters from the Earth" shook loose the stones of my foundation: a service for which I'll be forever grateful. Including himself in his witty attack on Earthly Man's frailties, Twain's observations encouraged me to trust my own perceptions, prod sacred cows, and ultimately to forgive myself for being at best, "a nickel-plated angel".
I've read, reread, and revered most of Twain's legacy, but I think of this particular book as a treasurebox full of letters from a brilliant, irascible but loving uncle each of us should have known sometime in our lives. I only wish I'd remembered to share it with my own kids when they were adolescents. I must make amends right now...AFTER I've reread it myself.
Rating: 5
Summary: I can't believe no one has reviewed this book.
Comment: I'm a big Twain fan but I'll keep it simple.
This book, a collection really, is short and sweet. If you have any interest in: sociology (particularly American), religion (particularly American), cultural commentary (particularly American), trying to explain the human condition (not particularly American) or comedy, this is a very good selection. And it will take you only a matter of hours to dip into some of Twain's funniest--and prickly--thoughts.
I mean it.
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Title: The Bible According to Mark Twain: Irreverent Writings on Eden, Heaven, and the Flood by America's Master Satirist by Mark Twain, Howard G. Baetzhold, Joseph B. McCullough ISBN: 0684824396 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: December, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Diaries of Adam & Eve by Mark Twain, Mandy Patinkin, Betty Buckley, Walter Cronkite ISBN: 0965881164 Publisher: Fiar Oaks Pr Pub. Date: December, 1999 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: The War Prayer by Mark Twain ISBN: 0060911131 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 25 February, 1984 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: The Diaries of Adam and Eve (Literary Classics) by Mark Twain ISBN: 1573928275 Publisher: Prometheus Books Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: Mark Twain's Book For Bad Boys and Girls by Mark Twain, R. Kent Rasmussen ISBN: 0809233983 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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