The Life of Mark Twain
The Final Years, 1891-1910
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2022]
Format: Book
Description: x, 697 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
"In the final volume of his three-volume biography, Gary Scharnhorst chronicles the life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens from his family's extended trip to Europe in 1891 to his death in 1910. During this period, Clemens was one of the most famous people in the world. He also grapples with bankruptcy, returns to the lecture circuit, loses two daughters and his wife, and writes some of his darkest, most critical works in the last years of his life"-- Provided by publisher.
Series: Mark Twain and his circle series.
Contents:
Exits and expatriates -- Identifying mark -- Courting bankruptcy -- Rent in Twain -- Girdling the earth -- Falling to earth -- Vienna sausage -- London fog -- Crossing guard -- Lost and found -- Vanity fare -- Slough of despond -- Pier 70 -- Short cuts -- Oxford -- Anecdotage -- Under the weather -- The passing show.
Subjects:
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Homes and haunts.
Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
Humorists, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Homes and haunts.
Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
Humorists, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780826222411
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Twain, Mark | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.