{"product_id":"mark-twains-book-of-animals-volume-3-9780520271524","title":"Mark Twain's Book of Animals: Volume 3","description":"Longtime admirers of Mark Twain are aware of how integral animals were to his work as a writer, from his first stories through his final years, including many pieces that were left unpublished at his death. This beautiful volume, illustrated with 30 new images by master engraver Barry Moser, gathers writings from the full span of Mark Twain's career and elucidates his special attachment to and regard for animals. What may surprise even longtime readers and fans is that Twain was an early and ardent animal welfare advocate, the most prominent American of his day to take up that cause. Edited and selected by Shelley Fisher Fishkin, who has also supplied an introduction and afterword, \u003ci\u003eMark Twain's Book of Animals\u003c\/i\u003e includes stories that are familiar along with those that are appearing in print for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShelley Fisher Fishkin\u003c\/b\u003e is Joseph S. Atha Professor of Humanities, Professor of English and Director of American Studies at Stanford University. She is the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eLighting Out for the Territory: Reflections on Mark Twain and American Culture\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWas Huck Black? Mark Twain and African-American Voices\u003c\/i\u003e. She edited \u003ci\u003eIs He Dead?\u003c\/i\u003e, a new play by Mark Twain, and is also the editor of the 29-volume Oxford Mark Twain. \u003cb\u003eBarry Moser\u003c\/b\u003e is one of America's foremost wood engravers and is the proprietor of the Pennyroyal Press. Among the books he has illustrated are \u003ci\u003eAlice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMoby Dick, or The Whale\u003c\/i\u003e, all from UC Press. \u003cb\u003eThe Mark Twain Project\u003c\/b\u003e is housed within the Mark Twain Papers, the world's largest archive of primary materials by this major American writer.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50662195167506,"sku":"9780520271524","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_970f709f-d3da-489c-8140-734f86965abe.jpg?v=1733515880","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mark-twains-book-of-animals-volume-3-9780520271524","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}