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Mark Twain: A Life

by Ron Powers
RM41.00 MYR
Mark Twain: A Life
Mark Twain: A Life

Meet the man behind Mark Twain

Ron Powers draws on thousands of letters and journals to portray Samuel Clemens. The biography follows his Mississippi steamboat years, Nevada newspaper career, and literary persona. It also traces his connections with notable figures including Ulysses S. Grant.

  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Biography (2005)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Mark Twain: A Life

by Ron Powers
RM41.00 MYR
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ISBN: 9780743248990
Author: Ron Powers
Publisher: Free Press
Date of Publication: 2005-09-13
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: History, Biographies & Memoirs
Related Topics: Historical, American History, Biography, Biography Memoir
Goodreads rating: 4.06
(rated by 1947 readers)

Description

A Pulitzer Prize and Emmy Award-winning author of Flags of Our Fathers presents a narrative portrait of Samuel Clemens's life behind his literary persona, in a depiction based on tens of thousands of letters and journal entries that covers his experiences on the Mississippi during the golden age of steamboats, "wild west" Nevada newspaper career, and relationships with such figures as Ulysses S. Grant. 100,000 first printing.
 

Meet the man behind Mark Twain

Ron Powers draws on thousands of letters and journals to portray Samuel Clemens. The biography follows his Mississippi steamboat years, Nevada newspaper career, and literary persona. It also traces his connections with notable figures including Ulysses S. Grant.

  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Biography (2005)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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