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Very few people know that Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) wrote a major work on Joan of Arc. Still fewer know that he considered it not only his most important but also his best work. He spent twelve years in research and many months in France doing archival work and then made several attempts until he felt he finally had the story he wanted to tell. He reached his conclusion about Joan's unique place in history only after studying in detail accounts written by both sides, the French and the English. Because of Mark Twain's antipathy to institutional religion, one might expect an anti-Catholic bias toward Joan or at least toward the bishops and theologians who condemned her. Instead one finds a remarkably accurate biography of the life and mission of Joan of Arc told by one of this country's greatest storytellers. The very fact that Mark Twain wrote this book and wrote it the way he did is a powerful testimony to the attractive power of the Catholic Church's saints. This is a book that really will inform and inspire. "Twain's understanding of history and Joan's place in it accounts for his regarding his book Joan of Arc as worth all of his other books together." " Mark Twain, The Man and His Work "Joan of Arc is the lone example that history affords of an actual, real embodiment of all the virtues demonstrated by Huck and Jim and of all that Twain felt to be noble in man, Joan is the ideal toward which mankind strives. Twain had to tell her story because she is the sole concrete argument against the pessimistic doctrines of his deterministic philosophy." " Robert Wiggins, Mark Twain: Jackleg Novelist

Includes 4 empty boxes. Each measures 6”W x 4”H x 3”D.

Huck Hucks are very playful toys that bounce, bend, chew and they float. Powerful toys for dogs that live to play. Come in assorted colors.

One of the greatest treats in all world literature, offers both brilliant humour and tragedy as Huck and Jim explore moral dilemmas of slavery and freedom. Read by Patrick Fraley.

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Two Mark Twain classics get the tween treatment in this adventurous double feature from Disney. THE ADVENTURES OF HUCK FINN (1993) stars Elijah Wood (THE LORD OF THE RINGS) as Twain?s fearless hero who makes his way along the Mississippi River with the help of an escaped slave. In TOM & HUCK (1995), Jonathan Taylor Thomas (HOME IMPROVEMENT) and Brad Renfro (APT PUPIL) play the daring duo who hit the road after witnessing a crime, and engage in a series of wild exploits before heading back home. See individual titles for additional details. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.

Set along the banks of the Mississippi, this story is full of rafts and riverboats, grand adventure and helping others in need. Join Huckleberry Larry and Tomato Sawyer as they abandon their dream of running the Huck Stop and Tom’s Tax Business to help a friend in dire need.