| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xvi, 269 p. : ill. (some col.), 1 col. map ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 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. The best girl in all the world -- Hartford's Mark Twain / John Boyer -- ch. 6. The gilded age -- ch. 7. Truth -- The 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. The most conspicuous person. |
| Subject |
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
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Humorists, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
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Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
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Journalists -- United States -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Duncan, Dayton.
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Burns, Ken, 1953-
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Banks, Russell, 1940-
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| ISBN |
0375405615 (alk. paper) |
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