GENERAL INTEREST
Mark Twain
Shelley Fisher Fishkin is Professor of English
and Director of American Studies at Stanford
University. Barry Moser is one of America’s
foremost wood engravers and the proprietor
of Pennyroyal Press. The Mark Twain Project,
housed within the Mark Twain Papers, is the
world’s largest archive of primary materials by
this major American writer.
Jumping Frogs: Undiscovered, Rediscovered, and
Celebrated Writings of Mark Twain, 3
OCTOBER
368 pages, 7 x 9”, 30 line illustrations
American Literature
World
cloth 978-0-520-24855-7 $27.50/£19.95
10 | University of California Press
Mark Twain’s Book of Animals
Edited with Introduction and Afterword by Shelley Fisher Fishkin
Text established by the Mark Twain Project, The Bancroft Library
Illustrations by Barry Moser
“For those unaware that Mark Twain was one of America’s early
animal advocates, this collection will come as a revelation. Many of
these pieces are as fresh and lively as when they were first written.”
Peter Singer, author of Animal Liberation
“A truly exhilarating work. Mark Twain’s animal-friendly views would
not be out of place today, and indeed, in certain respects, Twain is
still ahead of us.” Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, author of When Elephants Weep
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years, including many pieces that were left unpublished at his death.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 introduc-
tion and afterword, Mark Twain’s Book of Animals includes stories that
are familiar along with those that are appearing in print for the first time.
Also by Mark Twain
Mark Twain’s Helpful Hints
for Good Living
A Handbook for the Damned Human Race
Edited by Lin Salamo, Victor Fischer, and
Michael B. Frank of the Mark Twain Project
World
cloth 978-0-520-24245-6 $19.95/£13.95