Books by Shelley Fisher Fishkin 

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A sketch of a railway track near a river with trees and buildings in the background, overlaid with the text 'ZHI LIN' and Chinese characters in yellow.
Book cover of 'Was Huck Black?' by Shelley Fisher Fishkin, featuring a black-and-white photograph of a man fishing at a lake, with blue water background, and red and black text.
Book cover for 'A Historical Guide to Mark Twain,' edited by Shelley Fisher Fishkin, featuring a Victorian-style house with trees and a blue sky.
Cover of a book titled 'Is He Dead? A Comedy in Three Acts' by Mark Twain with illustrations by Harry Mose, edited by Shelley Fisher Fishkin, featuring a drawing of a man in period clothing holding a rolled paper.
Book cover for 'Silences' by Tillie Olsen, 25th anniversary edition, featuring a black and white photo of a woman with short hair, with the title in large yellow cursive letters and a quote by Maxie Hong Kingston.
Book cover titled 'Race: The History of an Idea in America' by Thomas F. Gossett.
Book cover titled 'Why and How: Why the Chinese Emigrate, and the Means They Adopt for the Purpose of Reaching America,' featuring Chinese characters, author names Russell H. Conwell and Shelley Fisher Fishkin, and a black-and-white illustration of Chinese immigrants unloading cargo at a port with ships and containers in the background.
Book cover titled "Jim" about Huckleberry Finn's comrade, featuring a black and white illustration of a man in sunglasses and casual clothing.
Stacked collection of Mark Twain books and a partial book cover displaying the title "The twenty-nine volume Oxford Mark Twain" with a blue background.
A book titled "The Sport of the Gods and Other Essential Writings" by Paul Laurence Dunbar, with a quotation from Henry Louis Gates Jr. at the top, and an illustration of a birdcage with a bird inside on the cover.
Book cover titled 'Lighting Out for the Territory' by Shelley Fisher Fishkin, featuring a dark teal background and an old portrait of a man with white hair.
Book cover with beige background featuring black and red text that reads 'From Fact to Fiction' by Shelley Fisher Fishkin.
Book cover of "Feminist Engagements" by Shelley Fisher Fishkin, featuring a stylized illustration of a woman in vintage attire, flexing her arm in a Rosie the Riveter pose, set against a red background.
Book cover titled 'Listening to Silences: New Essays in Feminist Criticism,' edited by Elaine Hedges and Shelley Fisher Fishkin.
Cover of Mark Twain's Book of Animals with illustrations of a frog, a camel, a beetle, and a bird.
A sepia-toned photograph of African American workers installing railroad tracks, with a book cover titled 'The Chinese and the Iron Road: Building the Transcontinental Railroad' in front.
Book cover of The Mark Twain Anthology showing a portrait of Mark Twain with a mustache and curly hair, against a dark red background.
Book cover titled "Writing America: Literary Landmarks from Walden Pond to Wounded Knee" by Shelley Fisher Fishkin, featuring a forest path with lush green and yellow foliage overhead.
Cover of 'Anthology of American Literature, Volume 1, Ventil Edition'. Features an illustration of a bridge over a river with trees and a sky in the background.
Book cover titled 'People of the Book: Thirty Scholars Reflect on Their Jewish Identity', edited by Jeffrey Rubin-Dorsky and Shelley Fisher Fishkin, featuring illustrations of a woman and an older man reading and studying texts.
Book cover titled 'The Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in America' by David Bradley and Shelley Fisher Fishkin, with a blue background and white text.
Cover of 'Anthology of American Literature, Volume II', edited by George McMichael and James S. Leonard, featuring an abstract painting of a doorway with blue sky visible through the open door.