The selected letters of Mark Twain
By: edited with an introduction and commentary by Charles Neider.
Contributors: Neider, Charles, 1915-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harper & Row
Published: 1982
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780060149468
Subjects: Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Correspondence; Authors, American -- 19th century -- Correspondence
Description: Spanning Samuel Clemens's adult life -- from his eighteenth year until his death at seventy-four -- these marvelous letters provide an incomparable purview of their author's psyche and genius. They also serve as a second and even more intimate autobiography as we follow his career from typesetter to riverboat pilot, frontier miner, newspaper correspondent, world traveler, and eminently successful lecturer and author. There are also revealing insights into the highs and lows of his personal life as a free-wheeling bachelor, a loving husband, and a father destined to suffer shattering losses. - Jacket flap.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Mark Twain : a biographical sketch / Albert Bigelow Paine; title: Introduction / Charles Neider; title: 1853-61; title: 1861-62; title: 1863-67; title: 1867-71; title: 1872-76; title: 1877-79; title: 1879-80; title: 1881-83; title: 1884-86; title: 1886-87; title: 1888-90; title: 1890-93; title: 1894-97; title: 1897-1900; title: 1900-03; title: 1903-05; title: 1905-09