Mark Twain
Subtitle: his life in Virginia City, Nevada
By: George Williams III.
Publisher: Tree by the River Pub.
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Riverside, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
Subjects: Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Homes and haunts -- Nevada -- Virginia City.; Daily territorial enterprise (Virginia City, Nev.); Authors, American -- Homes and haunts -- Nevada -- Virginia City.; Journalism -- Nevada -- Virginia City -- History.; Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography.; Virginia City (Nev.) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.; Virginia City (Nev.) -- Biography.
Description: This is the account of Mark Twain's early mining days and the beginning of his long literary career.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 193-195.
Table of contents: title: Author's Introduction
pagenum: 5; label: Chapter One
title: Sam Clemens Comes to Nevada
pagenum: 9; label: Chapter Two
title: Virginia City, Nevada
pagenum: 23; label: Chapter Three
title: Mark Twain's Virginia City
pagenum: 38; label: Chapter Four
title: The Territorial Enterprise
pagenum: 47; label: Chapter Five
title: Men of the Enterprise
pagenum: 57; label: Chapter Six
title: Sam Clemens: The Young Man
pagenum: 74; label: Chapter Seven
title: Sam Clemens: Enterprise Reporter
pagenum: 83; label: Chapter Eight
title: Sam Clemens Becomes Mark Twain
pagenum: 100; label: Chapter Nine
title: Wild Times in Virginia City
pagenum: 107; label: Chapter Ten
title: The Massacre at Dutch Nick's
pagenum: 121; label: Chapter Eleven
title: Artemus Ward Points the Way
pagenum: 128; label: Chapter Twelve
title: Mark Twain Matures
pagenum: 135; label: Chapter Thirteen
title: The Last Good Times
pagenum: 158; label: Chapter Fourteen
title: Mark Twain Leaves Virginia City
pagenum: 168; title: Epilogue
pagenum: 184; title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: 187; title: Chronology
pagenum: 188; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 193; title: Index
pagenum: 196