num_pages: 736
description: Twain's story is epic, comic and tragic and to retrace it all in detail, Powers draws on Twain's many letters and his copious journal entries. In this portrait, we see how Twain observed, borrowed, stole and combined characters he met, and through them uncovered 19th century America.
language: English
title: Mark Twain: a Life
titlecomplete: Mark Twain: a Life
genres: Historical, Biography, American, Nonfiction, Literature, American History, Classics, 19th Century, Biography Memoir, History
ratings_count: 1767
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Biography
publisher: Simon & Schuster