BOOKS AND MEDIA: Briefly Noted

BOOKS

_Once Again to Zelda: The Stories Behind Literature's Most Intriguing
Dedications_. By Marlene Wagman-Geller. Hardcover. 336 pages. Perigee
Trade, 2008. ISBN: 0399534628. $16.95. Among the fifty chapters in this
book is one on Mark Twain's dedications for _The Adventures of Tom
Sawyer_, _The Prince and the Pauper_, _Personal Recollections of Joan
of Arc_, and _Eve's Diary_. This short chapter on Mark Twain contains a
brief overview of his life. It does repeat one previously published
error that indicated Mark Twain met Mahatma Gandhi in India. There are
other minor inaccuracies regarding the Clemens family. (NONFICTION)

Amazon webpage for this book is:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0399534628/twainwebmarktwaiA

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_The Return of No. 44_. By Bob Rogers. Paperback. 378 pages. BookSurge
Publishing, 2009. ISBN: 1439223483. $15.99. Rogers describes his book
as a "homage to Mark Twain's ability to use picaresque characters and
situations to make a substantial, and often darker, social point." Mark
Twain and his character No. 44 make a brief appearance in the novel.
(FICTION)

The novel is currently being offered as a free pdf file that can be
downloaded from the author's website at:

http://newbohemians.net/the-return-of-no44

Amazon webpage for this book is:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1439223483/twainwebmarktwaiA