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Mark Twain: An Illustrated Biography - Hardcover
Synopsis
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4 cassettes/6 hours
A companion audiobook to the 4-hour PBS television series.
From the authors of Jazz, Baseball, and The Civil War: a biography of one of the central figures of our literature—the American titan who gave us Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, and Life on the Mississippi.
Using material from Twain's works, diaries, and letters, Mark Twain follows the great writer/humorist/lecturer/people's philosopher from the Hannibal, Missouri of his childhood, to the Europe and Middle East of his travels (and hilarious travel books); from his beginnings as a newspaperman to his storied life as (in his own words) "the most conspicuous man on the planet."
The essential companion audiobook to the upcoming public television series, Mark Twain also stands on its own as an enthralling biography.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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Mark Twain
American author and humorist (1835–1910)
For other uses, see Mark Twain (disambiguation).
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Mark Twain in 1907 | |
| Born | Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-11-30)November 30, 1835 Florida, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | April 21, 1910(1910-04-21) (aged 74) Stormfield House, Redding, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Resting place | Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York, U.S. |
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| Language | American English |
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| Literary movement | American Realism |
| Years active | from 1863 |
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| Spouse | Olivia Langdon (m. 1870; died 1904) |
| Children | 4, including Susy, Clara, and Jean |
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| Relatives | Orion Clemens (brother) |
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910),[1] known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produce
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REVIEW
Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan and Geoffrey C. Ward. Mark Twain, An Illustrated
Biography. Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. Pp. 270, 275 illustrations. Hardcover,
$40.00. ISBN 0-375-40561-5.
The following review appeared 15 November 2001 on the Mark Twain Forum.
Copyright © 2001 Mark Twain Forum
This review may not be published or redistributed in any medium without permission.
Reviewed by:
David Thomson
Commissions are donated to the Mark Twain Project
Upon receiving my review copy of Mark Twain, An Illustrated Biography I was surprised that it was such a slim volume, only about three quarters of an inch thick. After reading Jim Zwick's interview earlier this month with Dayton Duncan, one of the book's co-writers and co-producer of the upcoming companion four-hour documentary (scheduled to air January 14 and 15, 2002), I understood why this was not a thicker volume. The original film ran over six hours. However, none of the other Ken Burns biographical documentaries had exceeded four hours and they decided this one should be edited down to the prescribed length
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