Title:
Mark Twain
JLCTITLE245:
by Geoffrey C. Ward and Dayton Duncan ; based on a documentary film directed by Ken Burns ; written by Dayton Duncan and Geoffrey C. Ward ; with a preface by Ken Burns ; picture research by Susanna Steisel and Pam Tubridy Baucom ; and contributions by Russell Banks, John Boyer, Jocelyn Chadwick, Hal Holbrook, Ron Powers.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Published by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc., 2001.
Physical Description:
xvi, 269 pages : illustrations (some color), map, portrait ; 27 cm
ISBN:
9780375405617
Abstract:
Integrating material from his literary works, diaries, and letters, this illustrated portrait of one of America's greatest writers follows Twain from his childhood, through his travels thoughout the world, to his career as a journalist and author.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (page 259) and index.
Additional Physical Form Available:
Also issued online.
Contents:
ch. 1. A boy's paradise -- ch. 2. Life on the Mississippi -- Hannibal's Sam Clemens / Ron Powers -- ch. 3. Roughing it -- ch. 4. Innocents abroad -- ch. 5. The best girl in all the world -- Hartford's Mark Twain / John Boyer -- ch. 6. The gilded age -- ch. 7. Truth -- The six-letter word / Jocelyn Chadwick -- ch. 8. A Connecticut Yankee -- ch. 9. Never quite sane in the night -- ch. 10. Following the Equator -- Aren't we funny animals? : an interview with Hal Holbrook -- ch. 11. Treatment for the damned -- ch. 12. I will have my say -- Out at the edges / Russell Banks -- ch. 13. The most conspicuous person.