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Mark Twain / by Geoffrey C. Ward and Dayton Duncan ; based on a documentary film directed by Ken Burns ; written by Dayton Duncan and Geoffrey C. Ward ; with a preface by Ken Burns ; picture research by Susanna Steisel and Pam Tubridy Baucom, and contributions by Russell Banks ... [and others].
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ward, Geoffrey C.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
- Twain, Mark.
- Humorists, American--19th century--Biography.
- Humorists, American.
- Authors, American--19th century--Biography.
- Authors, American.
- Journalists--United States--Biography.
- Journalists.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 269 pages : illustrations (some color), 1 color map ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2001.
- Summary:
- From the authors of "Jazz, Baseball, " and "The Civil War": the first fully illustrated biography of one of the central figures of literature--the American titan who gave readers Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, and "Life on the Mississippi." A companion volume to the four-hour PBS television series. 150 illustrations, 40 in color.
- Contents:
- ch. 1. A boy's paradise
- ch. 2. Life on the Mississippi
- Hannibal's Sam Clemens / Ron Powers
- ch. 3. Roughing it
- ch. 4. Innocents abroad
- ch. 5. The best girl in all the world
- Hartford's Mark Twain / John Boyer
- ch. 6. The gilded age
- ch. 7. Truth
- The six-letter word / Jocelyn Chadwick
- ch. 8. A Connecticut Yankee
- ch. 9. Never quite sane in the night
- ch. 10. Following the Equator
- Aren't we funny animals? : an interview with Hal Holbrook
- ch. 11. Treatment for the damned
- ch. 12. I will have my say
- Out at the edges / Russell Banks
- ch. 13. The most conspicuous person.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 259) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0375405615
- OCLC:
- 46976428
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