Book Overview
Samuel Clemens lived 75 years, 50 under the pseudonym Mark Twain. His youth could be characterized as sometimes mischievous, his older years as generally eccentric and his writing as always provocative. Twain left a literary canon of nearly 50 books, hundreds of short stories and essays, and a veritable treasury of quotable epigrams. While his words and his works have stood up to the test of time, knowing the man behind the persona, and understanding...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0313330255
ISBN13:9780313330254
Release Date:July 2004
Publisher:Greenwood
Length:168 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.4" x 9.6"
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An in-depth modern survey of Twain
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
Samuel Clemons lived 75 years; fifty of them writing under the pseudonym Mark Twain - while numerous critical works about his writings abound, surprisingly there are very few in-depth biographical coverages that reveal Mark Twain's personal life. Biogapher Connie Kirk uses established Twain resources and adds new research and perspectives gleaned from Twain's personal letters and her discussions with family members: the result is an in-depth modern survey of Twain for new students of his works.
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