The Birds and Beasts of Mark Twain

First Edition hardcover in dust jacket, 1966. 117 pages. Jacket and top edge of book have some foxing. Text and plates very clean. Binding holding up nicely. 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).

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Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Year: 1966

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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