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Author
Series
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"This third and final volume crowns and completes [Twain's] work. Like its companion volumes, it chronicles Twain's inner and outer life through a series of daily dictations that go wherever his fancy leads. Created from March 1907 to December 1909, these dictations present Mark Twain at the end of his life: receiving an honorary degree from Oxford University; railing against Theodore Roosevelt; founding numerous clubs; incredulous at an exhibition...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"From Richard Zacks, bestselling author of The Pirate Hunter and Island of Vice, a rich and lively account of Mark Twain's late-life adventures abroad In 1895, at age sixty, Mark Twain was dead broke and miserable--his recent novels had been critical and commercial failures, and he was bankrupted by his inexplicable decision to run a publishing company. His wife made him promise to pay every debt back in full, so Twain embarked on an around-the-world...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Mark Twain is an American icon. We now know him as the author of classics, but in his day he was a controversial satirist and public figure who traveled the world and healed post-Civil War America with his tall tales, witty anecdotes, and humorous but insightful novels and stories. Twain's legacy continues to flourish over 100 years after his death. MARK TWAIN'S AMERICA features spectacular examples of Twain memorabilia and period Americana from...
31) Roughing it
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
p2014.
Language
English
Description
Young Sam Clemens travels out west with his brother on a journey filled with games, storms, and gold rush disasters.
36) Mark Twain
Series
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
[2005].
Language
English
Description
Twain as a humorist was master of the techniques of exaggeration. Sensitive to the sound of language, he introduced colloquial speech into American fiction. Titles include: Tom Sawyer, The Prince and the Pauper, Huckleberry Finn, and others.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
"Representing both original research and a synthesis of the most important scholarship of the past century, the Companion's three hundred vivid, stimulating essays create a compelling portrait of one of the most fascinating figures of English literature and American history." "In addition to the A-Z entries and essays, Gregg Camfield has included an appendix on Researching Mark Twain, outlining secondary reading available in the library and on the...
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The last phase of Mark Twain's life is sadly familiar: Crippled by losses and tragedies, America's greatest humorist sank into a deep and bitter depression. It is also wrong. This book recovers Twain's final years as they really were--lived in the shadow of deception and prejudice, but also in the light of the author's unflagging energy and enthusiasm.
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audio, Inc
Pub. Date
℗2013.
Language
English
Description
Mark Twain's complete, uncensored autobiography was an instant bestseller when the first volume was published in 2010, on the centennial of his death. The second volume delves deeper into Twain's life, uncovering the many roles he played in his private and public worlds. Filled with his characteristic blend of humor and ire, the narrative ranges effortlessly across the contemporary scene. He shares his views on writing and speaking, and his contempt...
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