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Mark Twain Made Me Do It and Other Plains Adventures Paperback - 1997
by Bryan L. Jones
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Mark Twain Made Me Do It and Other Plains Adventures is a collection of humorous essays portraying western Nebraska life and culture of the 1950s. Anecdotes on small-town baseball and the polio epidemic of 1952 provide a historic backdrop to the story of a wide-eyed boy exploring the limits of his universe. The adventures of a Twain-inspired raft trip down the South Platte and Sputnik-inspired homemade rockets mirror a society of seemingly settled lifestyles and frenzied technological advances. Family travels, holidays with Grandpa and Grandma, and marvelous creations like his sister's stories of Susabelle and the magic Band-Aids weave a splendid tale. But Jones's world is not one of sentimental nostalgia; running battles with town bullies, sobering encounters with religious buffoons, and an impressive collection of pedagogues specializing in violent corporal punishment capture the earthy essence of a world now largely disappeared.
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- Title Mark Twain Made Me Do It and Other Plains Adventures
- Author Bryan L. Jones
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 210
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Bison Books
- Publication date 1997-03-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- ISBN 9780803275928 / 0803275927
- Weight 0.58 lbs (0.26 kg)
- Dimensions 8.42 x 5.49 x 0.53 in (21.39 x 13.94 x 1.35 cm)
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- Cultural Region: Plains
- Geographic Orientation: Nebraska
- Category Biography / Autobiography
- Library of Congress subjects High Plains (U.S.) - Social life and customs, Jones, Bryan - Childhood and youth
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 96008534
- Dewey Decimal Code 978
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- Library Journal, 03/01/1997, Page 76
- Publishers Weekly, 02/24/1997, Page 79
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