04251nam 2200985 450 991082239940332120230803222131.00-520-95963-910.1525/9780520959637(CKB)2550000001351400(EBL)1711058(SSID)ssj0001332844(PQKBManifestationID)11846082(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001332844(PQKBWorkID)11376361(PQKB)11503388(MiAaPQ)EBC1711058(DE-B1597)521129(OCoLC)890089876(DE-B1597)9780520959637(Au-PeEL)EBL1711058(CaPaEBR)ebr10927558(CaONFJC)MIL641418(EXLCZ)99255000000135140020140909h20142014 uy 0engur|nu---|u||utxtccrA family sketch and other private writings /Mark Twain, Livy Clemens, Susy Clemens ; edited by Benjamin GriffinBerkeley, California :University of California Press,2014.©20141 online resource (201 p.)Jumping Frogs: Undiscovered, Rediscovered, and Celebrated Writings of Mark Twain ;5Description based upon print version of record.0-520-28073-3 1-322-10167-1 Includes bibliographical references.Front matter --Contents --Introduction --A Family Sketch --A True Story, Repeated Word for Word as I Heard It --A Record of the Small Foolishnesses of Susie and "Bay" Clemens (Infants) --At the Farm --Quarry Farm Diary --Mark Twain by Susy Clemens --About the Texts --About the Illustrations --Biographical Directory --Works Cited --AcknowledgmentsThis book publishes, for the first time in full, the two most revealing of Mark Twain's private writings. Here he turns his mind to the daily life he shared with his wife Livy, their three daughters, a great many servants, and an imposing array of pets. These first-hand accounts display this gifted and loving family in the period of its flourishing. Mark Twain began to write "A Family Sketch" in response to the early death of his eldest daughter, Susy, but the manuscript grew under his hands to become an exuberant account of the entire household. His record of the childrens' sayings-"Small Foolishnesses"-is next, followed by the related manuscript "At the Farm." Also included are selections from Livy's 1885 diary and an authoritative edition of Susy's biography of her father, written when she was a teenager. Newly edited from the original manuscripts, this anthology is a unique record of a fascinating family.  Authors, American19th centuryBiography19th century american literature.american biographies.american history.american literature.american writers.anthology about mark twain.at the farm.author biographies.daily life.daughters.death.family bonds.family life.famous authors.humorist.loving family.marriage and children.marriage.pen name.personal story.pets.private life.private writings.rediscovered mark twain.samuel langhorne clemens.satirist.small foolishnesses.social critic.wife.Authors, American818/.409BIO026000HIS036000bisacshTwain Mark1835-1910,27404Clemens Olivia Langdon1845-1904,Clemens Susy1872-1896,Griffin Benjamin1968-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822399403321A family sketch and other private writings4061250UNINA