Mark Twain : the adventures of Samuel L. Clemens / Jerome Loving.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Loving, Jerome, 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.

Twain, Mark.

Authors, American--19th century--Biography.

Authors, American.

Humorists, American--19th century--Biography.

Humorists, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (549 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mark Twain, who was often photographed with a cigar, once remarked that he came into the world looking for a light. In this new biography, published on the centennial of the writer's death, Jerome Loving focuses on Mark Twain, humorist and quipster, and sheds new light on the wit, pathos, and tragedy of the author of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. In brisk and compelling fashion, Loving follows Twain from Hannibal to Hawaii to the Holy Land, showing how the southerner transformed himself into a westerner and finally a New Englander. This re-examination of Twain's life is informed by newly discovered archival materials that provide the most complex view of the man and writer to date.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Chronology of the Life and Works of Mark Twain

Prologue

Part I. Humorist in the West

Part II. Writer in the East

Part III. The Artist and the Businessman

Part IV. The Mysterious Stranger

Appendix A. Clemens Genealogy

Appendix B. Books Published by Charles L. Webster & Company

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612556210

9781282556218

1282556215

9780520945494

0520945492

OCLC:

647881130