Grant and Twain
Subtitle: the story of a friendship that changed America
By: Mark Perry.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-1885 -- Friends and associates.; Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-1885 -- Literary art.; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Friends and associates.; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Literary art.; Presidents -- United States -- Biography.; Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography.; Friendship -- United States -- Case studies.; Race relations in literature.; United States -- Race relations.
Genres: Biography.; Case studies.
Description: "In the spring of 1884, Ulysses S. Grant heeded the advice of Mark Twain and finally agreed to write his memoirs. Little did Grant or Twain realize that this seemingly straightforward decision would profoundly alter not only both their lives but the course of American literature. Over the next fifteen months, as the two men became close friends and intimate collaborators, Grant raced against the spread of cancer to compose a triumphant account of his life and times - while Twain struggled to complete and publish his greatest novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. In this researched book, veteran writer Mark Perry reconstructs the heady months when Grant and Twain inspired and cajoled each other to create two quintessentially American masterpieces."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-281) and index.