"Hatching ruin," or, Mark Twain's road to bankruptcy
By: Charles H. Gold.
Series: Mark Twain and his circle series
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
Subjects: Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Finance, Personal.; Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography.; Bankruptcy -- United States.
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: Hatching ruin; Mark Twain's road to bankruptcy
Description: "In "Hatching Ruin," Charles H. Gold provides a complete description of Samuel L. Clemens's business relationships with Charles L. Webster and James W. Paige during the 1880s. Gold analyzes how these relationships affected Clemens as a person and an artist, most notably in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-160) and index.