LEADER 02791nam 2200493 450 001 9910467038903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8262-7400-5 035 $a(CKB)3790000000543013 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5205459 035 $a(OCoLC)1007505891 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse66733 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5205459 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11486519 035 $a(EXLCZ)993790000000543013 100 $a20180129h20182018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe life of Mark Twain $ethe early years, 1835-1871 /$fGary Scharnhorst 210 1$aColumbia, Missouri :$cUniversity of Missouri Press,$d2018. 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (719 pages) $cillustrations 225 0 $aMark Twain and his circle 311 $a0-8262-2144-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAncestry -- The villages -- Hannibal -- Journeyman printer -- The river -- The war -- The mines -- Virginia City -- From Virginia City to San Francisco -- San Francisco -- Sandwich Islands -- San Francisco redux -- New York -- The voyage -- Washington, D.C. -- The West revisited -- Hartford, Elmira, and Buffalo -- Buffalo exitus. 330 $aThis book begins the first multi-volume biography of Samuel Clemens to appear in over a century. In the succeeding years, Clemens biographers have either tailored their narratives to fit the parameters of a single volume or focused on a particular period or aspect of Clemens's life, because the whole of that epic life cannot be compressed into a single volume. In The Life of Mark Twain, Gary Scharnhorst has chosen to write a complete biography plotted from beginning to end, from a single point of view, on an expansive canvas. With dozens of Mark Twain biographies available, what is left unsaid? On average, a hundred Clemens letters and a couple of Clemens interviews surface every year. Scharnhorst has located documents relevant to Clemens's life in Missouri, along the Mississippi River, and in the West, including some which have been presumed lost. Over three volumes, Scharnhorst elucidates the life of arguably the greatest American writer and reveals the alchemy of his gifted imagination. 606 $aHumorists, American$y19th century$vBiography 606 $aAuthors, American$y19th century$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHumorists, American 615 0$aAuthors, American 676 $a818/.409 700 $aScharnhorst$b Gary$0892901 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910467038903321 996 $aThe life of Mark Twain$92020525 997 $aUNINA