Mark Twain : the adventures of Samuel L. Clemens /

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"Mark Twain, who was often photographed with a cigar, once remarked that he came into the world looking for a light. In this new biography, published on the centennial of the writer's death, Jerome Loving focuses on Mark Twain, humorist and quipster, and sheds new light on the wit, pathos,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Loving, Jerome, 1941-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010.
Temas:
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910.
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910
1800-1899
Authors, American > 19th century > Biography.
Humorists, American > 19th century > Biography.
Écrivains américains > 19e siècle > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Authors, American.
Humorists, American.
Electronic book.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: Chronology of the Life and Works of Mark Twain
  • I. Humorist in the West
  • 1. Life on the Salt River
  • 2. Window to the West
  • 3. Orion
  • 4. Southwest Humorist
  • 5. Tramp Printer
  • 6. Cub Pilot
  • 7. Death on the Mississippi
  • 8. Fetching Grant
  • 9. Lighting Out
  • 10. Millionaire for Ten Days
  • 11. "Mark Twain"
  • 12. Governor of the Third House
  • 13. Jumping Frog
  • 14. Vandal Abroad
  • 15. Wild Humorist of the Pacific Slope
  • II. Writer in the East
  • 16. Westerner in the East
  • 17. Pilgrims on the Loose
  • 18. Love in a Locket
  • 19. Innocent at Home
  • 20. False Start in Buffalo
  • 21. Back on the Lecture Circuit
  • 22. Home in Hartford
  • 23. Sequel to a Success
  • 24. Book about the English
  • 25. Colonel Sellers
  • 26. Mississippi Memories
  • 27. Riley Book
  • 28. Banned in Boston
  • 29. Innocent Abroad Again
  • 30. Down and Out in Paris and London
  • III. Artist and the Businessman
  • 31. Associations New and Old
  • 32. Return to the River and the Lecture Circuit
  • 33. Mark Twain and the Phunny Phellows
  • 34. Webster and Paige
  • 35. Romance of the White Conscience
  • 36. Publishing Grant
  • 37. Brooding in King Arthur's Court
  • 38. Progress and Poverty
  • 39. Europe on Only Dollars a Day
  • 40. Dream Sold Down the River
  • 41. Family Matters
  • 42. Friend at Standard Oil
  • 43. Broken Twigs and Found Canoes
  • 44. Back Home and Overland
  • 45. Lost in the British Empire
  • 46. Mark Twain's Daughter
  • IV. Mysterious Stranger
  • 47. City of Dreams
  • 48. Winter Fantasies
  • 49. Weary Sojourners
  • 50. Exile's Return
  • 51. Homeless
  • 52. Death in Florence
  • Appendix A Clemens Genealogy
  • Appendix B Books Published by Charles L. Webster & Company.

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