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The Autobiography of Mark Twain Paperback - 2000

by Mark Twain


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"A book filled with richnesses of humor and tragedy of disappointment and triumph, of sweetness and bitterness, and all in that unsurpassed American prose."
--New York Herald Tribune Book Review

Mark Twain was a figure larger than life: massive in talent, eruptive in temperament, unpredictable in his actions. He crafted stories of heroism, adventure, tragedy, and comedy that reflected the changing America of the time, and he tells his own story--which includes sixteen pages of photos--with the same flair he brought to his fiction. Writing this autobiography on his deathbed, Twain vowed to be "free and frank and unembarrassed" in the recounting of his life and his experiences.

Twain was more than a match for the expanding America of riverboats, gold rushes, and the vast westward movement, which provided the material for his novels and which served to inspire this beloved and uniquely American autobiography.

From the rear cover

"Mark Twain's autobiography is a classic of American letters, to be ranked with the autobiographies of Benjamin Franklin and Henry Adams.... It has the marks of greatness in it--style, scope, imagination, laughter, tragedy."

--From the Introduction by Charles Neider

Mark Twain was a figure larger than fife: massive in talent, eruptive in temperament, unpredictable in his actions. He crafted stories of heroism, adventure, tragedy, and comedy that reflected the changing America of the time, and he tells his own story--which includes sixteen pages of photos--with the same flair he brought to his fiction. Writing this autobiography on his deathbed, Twain vowed to he "free and frank and unembarrassed" in the recounting of his life and his experiences.

Twain was more than a match for the expanding America of riverboats, gold rushes, and the vast westward movement, which provided the material for his novels and which served to inspire this beloved and uniquely American autobiography.

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  • Title The Autobiography of Mark Twain
  • Author Mark Twain
  • Series Perennial Classics
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 560
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harper Perennial, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 2000-01-26
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780060955427 / 0060955422
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.03 x 5.35 x 1.38 in (20.40 x 13.59 x 3.51 cm)
  • Reading level 1150
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects Twain, Mark, Authors, American - 19th century
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99055390
  • Dewey Decimal Code B
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