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The life of Mark Twain : the final years, 1891-1910 / by Gary Scharnhorst.

By: Series: Mark Twain and his circle | Mark Twain and his circlePublisher: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2022]Description: pages cmISBN:
  • 0826222412 (hardcover)
  • 9780826222411 (hardcover)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PS1331 .S24 2022
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks PS1331 .S24 2022 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001510733

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"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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