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Mark Twain in paradise : his voyages to Bermuda / Donald Hoffmann.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hoffmann, Donald.
- Series:
- Mark Twain and his circle series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Americans.
- Bermuda Islands--Biography.
- Bermuda Islands.
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910--Travel--Bermuda Islands.
- Twain, Mark.
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
- Travel.
- Authors, American--19th century--Biography.
- Authors, American.
- Americans--Bermuda Islands--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 185 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First paperback printing.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia ; London : University of Missouri Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- "Samuel Clemens first encountered the Bermuda Islands in 1867 and retreated there many more times for its beauty, pace, weather and company, both local and elite. Hoffmann gathers and examines passages from travel pieces, letters, and unpublished autobiographical dictation to illuminate the writer's love for Bermuda and its seafaring culture"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 The "Long, Strange Cruise" of 1867 1
- 2 An Idle Excursion in 1877 25
- 3 Hints from the Notebook 56
- 4 Thirty Years Later, 1907 66
- 5 Riding in a Donkey Cart, 1908 82
- 6 The Grand Return 102
- 7 On Doctor's Orders, 1909 127
- 8 Islands of the Blest, 1910 142.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John Louis Haney Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0826221467
- 9780826221469
- OCLC:
- 1004262348
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