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In his time, Mark Twain was considered the funniest man on earth. Yet he was also an unflinching critic of human nature, using his humor to attack hypocrisy, greed and racism. In this series, Ken Burns has created an illuminating portrait of the man who is also one of the greatest writers in American history. This site offers excerpts from the film and links to some of his writings.
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pbs, a true story, fenimore cooper's literary offenses, huckleberry finn, life on the mississippi, mark twain's seventieth birthday speech, pbs - ken burns: american lives: mark twain, repeated word for word as i heart it, roughing it, samuel clemens, talking with spirits, the house beautiful, the royal nonesuch, the story of grandfather's old ram, tom sawyer, tom sawyer whitewashing the fence, excerpts from the film
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- Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)