The life of Mark Twain : the early years, 1835-1871 / Gary Scharnhorst.
The life of Mark Twain : the early years, 1835-1871 / Gary Scharnhorst.
The life of Mark Twain : the early years, 1835-1871 / Gary Scharnhorst.
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Publisher
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2018]
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G 2020/0615
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxxi, 686 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Ancestry -- The villages -- Hannibal -- Journeyman printer -- The river -- The war -- The mines -- Virginia City -- From Virginia City to San Francisco -- San Francisco -- The Sandwich Islands -- San Francisco redux -- New York -- The voyage -- Washington, D.C. -- The West revisited -- Hartford, Elm...
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Publisher
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2018]
Place of Publication
Missouri
Date Published
[2018]
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Summary
"This book begins the first multi-volume biography of Samuel Clemens to appear in over a century. In the succeeding years, Clemens biographers have either tailored their narratives to fit the parameters of a single volume or focused on a particular period or aspect of Clemens's life, because the whole of that epic life cannot be compressed into a s...
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The life of Mark Twain : the early years, 1835-1871 / Gary Scharnhorst.
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Mark Twain and his circle
Includes bibliographical references (pages 617-655) and index.
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©2018
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G 2020/0615
Record Identifier
74VKaZak2OjA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaZak2OjA
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ISBN
0826221440 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9780826221445 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
DDC
818.409 B
MMS ID
991024290900602626
