Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 768 pages) illustrations, facsimiles, portraits |
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The Mark Twain papers |
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
Mark Twain papers.
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Contents |
INTRODUCTION; I. "FUSSING WITH BUSINESS" (December 1893February 1895); II. "As LONG AS THE PROMISE MUST BE MADE" (March 1895August 1896); III. "OUR UNSPEAKABLE DISASTER" (August 1896July 1897); IV. "YOU AND I ARE A TEAM" (July 1897May 1899); V. "THIS EVERLASTING EXILE" (June 1899August 1900); VI. "THIS ODIOUS SWINDLE" (October 1900June 1904); VII. "NOTHING AGREES WITH ME" (July 1904March 1908); VIII. "I WISH HENRY ROGERS WOULD COME HERE" (June 1908May 1909); AFTERWORD; APPENDIXES; A CALENDAR OF LETTERS; BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY; GENEALOGICAL CHARTS; INDEX |
Summary |
"This collection of correspondence between Clemens and Rogers may be thought of as a continuation of Mark Twain's Letters to His Publishers, 1867-1894, edited by Hamlin Hill. It completes the story begun there of Samuel Clemens's business affairs, especially insofar as they concern dealings with publishers; and it documents Clemens's progress from financial disaster, with the Paige typesetter and Webster & Company, to renewed prosperity under the steady, skillful hand of H.H. Rogers. But Clemens's correspondence with Rogers reveals more than a business relationship. It illuminates a friendship which Clemens came to value above all others, and it suggests a profound change in his patterns of living. He who during the Hartford years had been a devoted family man, content with a discrete circle of intimates, now became again (as he had been during the Nevada and California years) a man among sporting men, enjoying prizefights and professional billiard matches in public, and - in private - long days of poker, gruff jest, and good Scotch whisky aboard Rogers's magnificent yacht"--Publisher's website |
Analysis |
american authors |
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american literature |
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author |
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autobiography |
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bankruptcy |
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billiards |
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biography |
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business man |
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business |
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career |
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classics |
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correspondence |
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epistolary |
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famous author |
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financial disaster |
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friendship |
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gender |
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hh rogers |
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humor |
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letters |
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literary celebrity |
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literary criticism |
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literary figures |
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male friendship |
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mark twain |
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masculinity |
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memoir |
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pen pals |
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poker |
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prizefights |
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publisher |
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publishing |
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samuel clemens |
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satire |
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speaking tour |
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sports |
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wealth |
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yacht |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Subject |
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Correspondence
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SUBJECT |
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 fast |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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HUMOR -- General.
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Genre/Form |
Personal correspondence
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Rogers, Henry Huttleston, 1840-1909.
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Leary, Lewis, 1906-1990, editor.
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ISBN |
9780520905061 |
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0520905067 |
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0520014677 |
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9780520014671 |
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