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Mark Twain's Letters from Hawaii

By: Mark Twain
Narrated by: McAvoy Layne
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About this listen

 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 Twain's newspaper dispatches are both charming and informative. The light touch of the great humorist is seldom missing as he reveals the "loveliest fleet of islands that lie anchored in any ocean". This recording evokes the historical era with the eye of a verbal artist and the voice of the performing artist.(P)2004 The Audio Partners Publishing Corp. Americas Art & Literature Authors Career Success Motivation & Self-Improvement Personal Development Personal Success Psychology Psychology & Mental Health State & Local Travel Writing & Commentary United States

Critic reviews

"The unmistakable touch of [Twain's] comic genius can be seen, that sly alternation of hyperbole and deadpan understatement." ( The Wall Street Journal)
"Twain's powers of observation and description are unsurpassed....A vivid picture of the life and scenery of these lovely islands." ( Saturday Review)
"An amalgam of workaday journalism, whimsy, shrewd and poetic observation, accurate commercial prophecy...and tongue-in-cheek tall tales." ( Times Literary Supplement)
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