
Autobiographical Writings
Autobiographical Writings
By: Mark Twain
Paperback | 4 July 2012 | Edition Number 1
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A must-have for all lovers of Mark Twain, this selection of his autobiographical writings opens a rare window onto the writer's life, particularly his early years. Born on November 30, 1835, in Florida, Missouri, Samuel Langhorne Clemens first used the pseudonym Mark Twain while a journalist in Nevada in 1863. When his first major book, The Innocents Abroad, appeared six years later, he began what would become one of the most celebrated and influential careers in American letters. Autobiographical Writings will help readers know the author intimately and appreciate why, a century after his death, he remains so vital and appealing.
This edition includes an introduction by R. Kent Rasmussen that summarizes modern scholarship on Twain.
Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens on 30th November 1835, in Florida, Missouri. In 1853 he left home, earning a living as an itinerant type-setter, and four years later became an apprentice pilot on the Mississippi, a career cut short by the outbreak of the Civil War. For five years, as a prospector and a journalist, Clemens lived in Nevada and California. In February 1863 he first used the pseudonym 'Mark Twain' as the signature to a humorous travel letter. A trip to Europe and the Holy Land in 1867 became the basis of his first major book, The Innocents Abroad (1869). His numerous subsequent books include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), A Tramp Aborad (1880), The Prince and the Pauper (1882), and his masterpiece, The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin (1885). He died on 21st April 1910.
R. Kent Rasmussen is the author or editor of six books on Mark Twain and more than a dozen other books. He is best known for his award-winning Mark Twain A to Z (recently revised as the two-volume Critical Companion to Mark Twain) and The Quotable Mark Twain. He holds a doctorate in history from UCLA and currently works as a reference book editor in Southern California.
Industry Reviews
--"Mark Twain Forum"
"Rasmussen seems to have been born with the destiny of bringing order and light to Twain scholarship... So now he's written yet another book that I would say ought to be near to hand for any scholar doing work on Sam Clemens, the biographical individual."
--Lawrence Berkove, University of Michigan-Dearborn
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ISBN: 9780143106678
ISBN-10: 0143106678
Series: Penguin Classics
Published: 4th July 2012
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 544
Audience: General Adult
For Ages: 18+ years old
For Grades: 12+
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Country of Publication: GB
Edition Number: 1
Dimensions (cm): 19.6 x 13.0 x 2.4
Weight (kg): 0.37
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