Edition |
1st ed. |
Description |
xvi, 269 pages : illustrations (some color), 1 color map ; 26 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 259) and index. |
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. Best girl in all the world -- Hartford's Mark Twain / John Boyer -- ch. 6. Gilded age -- ch. 7. Truth -- 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. Most conspicuous person. |
Subject |
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. |
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Humorists, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
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Humorists, American. |
Chronological Term |
19th century |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Subject |
Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
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Authors, American. |
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Journalists -- United States -- Biography.
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Journalists. |
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United States. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Added Author |
Duncan, Dayton.
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Burns, Ken, 1953-
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Banks, Russell, 1940-2023.
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ISBN |
0375405615 alkaline paper |
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