Bibliograph

Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain, a biography, Justin Kaplan

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Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain, a biography, Justin Kaplan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-410) and index

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individual biography

Illustrations

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Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

254405

Responsibility statement

Justin Kaplan

Sub title

a biography

Summary

"Although this biography of Mark Twain begins when Twain is 31 ... the book is a full account of Twain, his life and his work related both to his early years and to the 'Gilded Age' of his mature life."

Table Of Contents

"A roving commission" -- "The tide of a great popular movement" -- "The fortune of my life" -- "I do not live backwards" -- "Little Sammy in fairy land" -- "A popular author's death rattle" -- "I did not know I was a lion" -- "Era of incredible rotteness" -- "Busiest white man in America" -- Spirits of '76 -- "The free air of Europe" -- "Everything a man could have" -- "Our great century" -- The yankee and the machine -- "Get me out of business!" -- "Never quite sane in the night" -- "Whited sepulchre."

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