Thomas Becker

Twain's Humor Thomas Becker

Ten Classic Stories: * The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County * The McWilliamses with Membranous Croup * The Facts in the Great Beef Contract * The Story of the Old Ram *What Stumped the Bluejays *Punch, Brothers, Punch *Tom Quartz * Cannibalism in the Cars *Journalism in Tennessee * The Burglar Alarm Thomas Becker's delivery suggest the wry humor one imagines the author himself would use in reading them.-- Booklist This recording's success is a result of Becker's dramatic reading ability, which is nicely understated yet totally effective and appropriate.-- School Library Journal Possibly the best Twain on the market.-- The Society for Performance Literature