The Reconstruction of Mark Twain: How a Confederate Bushwhacker Became the Lincoln of Our Literature
(Part of the Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War Series and Jules and Frances Landry Award Series)
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When Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter in April 1861, thousands of patriotic southerners rushed to enlist for the Confederate cause. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who grew up in the border state of Missouri in a slave-holding family, was among them. Clemens, who later achieved fame as the writer Mark Twain, served as second lieutenant in a Confederate militia, but only for two weeks, leading many to describe his loyalty to the Confederate cause...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0807136913
ISBN13:9780807136911
Release Date:January 2011
Publisher:LSU Press
Length:256 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.8" x 8.8"
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