Brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions, this title delves into Mark Twain's life, uncovering the many roles he played in his private and public worlds.
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"Now, perhaps, only those enmeshed in 19th-century American history know his name; but when John Hay died in 1905, he was one of the most famous men in the world. And one of the most highly regarded. Abraham Lincoln's private secretary during the Civil War, thereafter as a popul…
Perhaps the most popular of all canonical American authors, Mark Twain is famous for creating works that satirize American formations of race and empire. While many scholars have explored Twain's work in African Americanist contexts, his writing on Asia and Asian Americans remai…
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Prologue -- Chapter 1. Ancestry -- Chapter 2. The Villages -- Chapter 3. Hannibal -- Chapter 4. Journeyman Printer -- Chapter 5. The River -- Chapter 6. The War -- Chapter 7. The Mines -- Chapter 8. Virginia City -- Chapte…
"The second volume of Gary Scharnhorst's three-volume biography chronicles the life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens between his move with his family from Buffalo to Elmira (and then Hartford) in spring 1871 and their departure from Hartford for Europe in mid-1891. During this time h…
Ragtime on tap -- Domestic circle -- Pirates of Broadway -- Body and soul -- Autobiography house -- College of one -- A yank at Oxford -- Young and old -- Princes and paupers -- To heaven and back -- Manhattan melodrama -- Tourist trade -- Farewell, Fifth Avenue -- Connecticut y…
