num_pages: 736
description: A Pulitzer Prize and Emmy Award-winning author of Flags of Our Fathers presents a narrative portrait of Samuel Clemens's life behind his literary persona, in a depiction based on tens of thousands of letters and journal entries that covers his experiences on the Mississippi during the golden age of steamboats, "wild west" Nevada newspaper career, and relationships with such figures as Ulysses S. Grant. 100,000 first printing.
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: Free Press