Author:
Messent, Peter, 1946-
Imprint:Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Descriptionxii, 138 p. ; 24 cm.
Note:Mark Twain's life -- Early life -- Riverboating, the Civil War, the west -- Early success, marriage, the Hartford years -- Expatriation, financial loss, family tragedy -- Final years -- Contexts -- Samuel Langhorne Clemens and 'Mark Twain' -- Works -- Twain's humour -- Travel and travel writing : Innocents abroad, A tramp abroad, Roughing it, Life on the Mississippi -- Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn -- Connecticut yankee and Pudd'nhead Wilson -- Critical reception and the late works -- Guide to further reading.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-131) and index.
Note:Recommended in Resources for College Libraries
