| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 342 pages) |
| Contents |
1. Mark Twain--Sam's women -- 2. Heartbreak -- 3. Rearranging the household -- 4. Looking for love -- 5. A pact with the devil -- 6. Life in the sanitarium -- 7. Someone to love him and pet him -- 8. A viper to her bosom -- 9. Innocence at home -- 10. Stormfield -- 11. An American Lear -- 12. Illusions of love -- 13. Unraveling -- 14. The exile returns -- 15. Confrontation -- 16. A formidable adversary -- 17. False exoneration -- 18. The funniest joke in the world -- 19. Melting marble with ice -- 20. The end of my autobiography -- How little one may tell |
| Summary |
The last phase of Mark Twain's life is sadly familiar: Crippled by losses and tragedies, America's greatest humorist sank into a deep and bitter depression. It is also wrong. This book recovers Twain's final years as they really were--lived in the shadow of deception and prejudice, but also in the light of the author's unflagging energy and enthusiasm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-324) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Last years
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Relations with private secretaries
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Relations with women
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Finance, Personal
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Lyon, Isabel, 1863-1958.
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| SUBJECT |
Lyon, Isabel, 1863-1958 fast |
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 fast |
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Lyon, Isabel 1863-1958 gnd |
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Twain, Mark 1835-1910 gnd |
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Twain, Mark, (1835-1910) -- Dernières années. ram |
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Twain, Mark, (1835-1910) -- Et les femmes. ram |
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Lyon, Isabel, (1863-1958) ram |
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Twain, Mark. swd |
| Subject |
Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Authors, American
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Finance, Personal
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Last years of a person's life
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Relations with private secretaries
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Relations with women
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021696290 |
| ISBN |
9780520940376 |
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0520940377 |
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1417508345 |
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9781417508341 |
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128327714X |
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9781283277143 |
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9786613277145 |
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6613277142 |
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1597345717 |
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9781597345712 |
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9780520233232 |
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0520233239 |
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