On
The Road With Mark Twain in California and Nevada
"
Williams does a masterful job...A real treat that deserves to be
in every public library." Library Journal
" The author recounts many little-known events in Twain's formative years." Booklist
" Williams' book is filled with excerpts, photographs, maps and running
commentary as the author directs us to Twain's old haunts." San Francisco Chronicle
" The pictures alone are worth the modest price... this is a good, lighthearted
history and well worth a look." True West
This
book is an account of Mark Twain’s life in California and Nevada
in 1861-68. The author traces Twain’s step-by-step development
as a famous author. The book includes excerpts of Twain’s early
writings and leads a reader along the places where Twain lived
and wrote. Though Mark Twain is generally associated with Tom Sawyer
and the Mississippi River, Samuel Clemens began his writing career
as reporter for the Territorial Enterprise at Virginia City, Nevada
in 1862. Clemens’ pen name, Mark Twain, apparently had nothing
to do with his life on the river, as he described it in his story;
it rather dealt with Clemens’ drinking habits while he lived in
the Virginia City. Twain’s writings, created for Enterprise, attracted
attention throughout the Pacific Coast and helped establish him
as a notorious
West Coast writer, both personally and professionally. Twain’s
work “The Innocents Abroad,” completed in San Francisco in 1868,
launched Twain’s literary career.
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Price:
$16.95 ISBN 0-935174-25-7 Quality Paper; Library hardcover edition
$29.95 ISBN 0-935174-20-6
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