Mark Twain: A Biography

by Connie Ann Kirk

Book Overview

Samuel Clemens lived 75 years, 50 under the pseudonym Mark Twain. His youth could be characterized as sometimes mischievous, his older years as generally eccentric and his writing as always provocative. Twain left a literary canon of nearly 50 books, hundreds of short stories and essays, and a veritable treasury of quotable epigrams. While his words and his works have stood up to the test of time, knowing the man behind the persona, and understanding...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313330255
• ISBN13: 9780313330254
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

An in-depth modern survey of Twain

Samuel Clemons lived 75 years; fifty of them writing under the pseudonym Mark Twain - while numerous critical works about his writings abound, surprisingly there are very few in-depth biographical coverages that reveal Mark Twain's personal life. Biogapher Connie Kirk uses established Twain resources and adds new research and perspectives gleaned from Twain's personal letters and her discussions with family members: the result is an in-depth modern survey of Twain for new students of his works.