The life of Mark Twain : the final years, 1891-1910 / by Gary Scharnhorst.
"In the final volume of his three-volume biography, Gary Scharnhorst chronicles the life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens from his family's extended trip to Europe in 1891 to his death in 1910. During this period, Clemens was one of the most famous people in the world. He also grapples with bankruptcy, returns to the lecture circuit, loses two daughters and his wife, and writes some of his darkest, most critical works in the last years of his life"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780826222411
- ISBN: 0826222412
- Physical Description: 697 pages ; 21 cm.
- Publisher: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2022]
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Exits and expatriates -- Identifying mark -- Courting bankruptcy -- Rent in Twain -- Girdling the earth -- Falling to earth -- Vienna sausage -- London fog -- Crossing guard -- Lost and found -- Vanity fare -- Slough of despond -- Pier 70 -- Short cuts -- Oxford -- Anecdotage -- Under the weather -- The passing show. |
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Subject: | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 > Homes and haunts. Authors, American > 19th century > Biography. Humorists, American > 19th century > Biography. |
Genre: | Biographies. |
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The Life of Mark Twain : The Final Years, 1891-1910
Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2023 In the final volume of his three-volume biography, Gary Scharnhorst chronicles the life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens from his family's extended trip to Europe in 1891 to his death in 1910 at age 74. During these years Clemens grapples with bankruptcy, returns to the lecture circuit, and endures the loss of two daughters and his wife. It is also during this time that he writes some of his darkest, most critical works; among these include Pudd'nhead Wilson ; Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc ; Tom Sawyer Abroad ; Tom Sawyer, Detective ; Following the Equator ; No. 44, the Mysterious Stranger ; and portions of his Autobiography .