| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xii, 409 pages, [15] pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, 1 genealogical table, 1 map, portraits ; 22 cm |
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| Note |
"An Atlantic Monthly Press book." |
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"The intimate record of Mark Twain's extraordinary business career, revealed in his hitherto unpublished correspondence"--Jacket. |
| Indexed In: |
BAL 3573 |
| Summary |
Contains a collection of family and business letters, most of which have not previously been published, largely concerned with Mark Twain's publishing venture with the editor's father, Charles L. Webster. cf. Foreword. |
| Contents |
Foreword -- Genealogy of Mark Twain's immediate family -- 1. Ancestry and background -- 2. Sam starts his career -- 3. The first notebook -- 4. On the river -- 5. As his niece remembers him -- 6. Romance and prophesy -- 7. Border state confusion -- 8. Miner -- 9. Reporter -- 10. Seeing the world -- 11. Married -- 12. A year in Buffalo -- 13. Hartford and fame -- 14. Relatives -- 15. Crosscurrents -- 16. Mark Twain vs. Mark Twain -- 17. Mostly remodeling -- 18. Enter the typesetter -- 19. The author figures profits -- 20. Scoundrels, thieves, and publishers -- 21. Webster learns the publishing business -- 22. The history game -- 23. Playwright -- 24. Back to the book business -- 25. Huck Finn -- 26. Dear Charley -- 27. Mark Twain, lecturer -- 28. Publishing pays, for the typesetter -- 29. General Grant's Memoirs -- 30. Some heartfelt curses -- 31. Money pours in, and out -- 32. The Pope's biography -- 33. What really happened -- 34. Webster retires. |
| Subject |
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Correspondence.
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Webster, Charles L., 1851-1891 -- Correspondence.
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Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
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Webster, Charles L., 1851-1891 (OCoLC)fst00236767
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Correspondence (Twain, Mark) (OCoLC)fst01779847
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Authors, American. (OCoLC)fst00821764
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| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Records and correspondence. (OCoLC)fst01423917
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| Added Author |
Webster, Samuel Charles.
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