Description |
xxi, 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-324) and index. |
Contents |
1. Mark Twain--Sam's women -- 2. Heartbreak -- 3. Rearranging the household -- 4. Looking for love -- 5. A pact with the devil -- 6. Life in the sanitarium -- 7. Someone to love him and pet him -- 8. A viper to her bosom -- 9. Innocence at home -- 10. Stormfield -- 11. An American Lear -- 12. Illusions of love -- 13. Unraveling -- 14. The exile returns -- 15. Confrontation -- 16. A formidable adversary -- 17. False exoneration -- 18. The funniest joke in the world -- 19. Melting marble with ice -- 20. The end of my autobiography -- How little one may tell. |
Subject |
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Last years.
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. |
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Last years of a person's life. |
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Relations with private secretaries.
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Relations with private secretaries. |
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Relations with women.
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Relations with women. |
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Finance, Personal.
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Finance, Personal. |
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Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
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Authors, American. |
Chronological Term |
19th century |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Subject |
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Chronological Term |
20th century |
Subject |
Lyon, Isabel, 1863-1958.
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Lyon, Isabel, 1863-1958. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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ISBN |
0520233239 cloth acid-free paper |
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