Synopses & Reviews
Spanning over half a century, this marvelous collection of letters by the great American humorist and novelist Mark Twain, a. k. a. Samuel Clemens (1835-1910), encompasses his many careers and roles: riverboat pilot, Confederate soldier, gold prospector, journalist, author, publisher, lecturer, world traveler, philosopher, husband, father, friend.
Synopsis
This marvelous collections of letters -- from Samuel Clemens' 18th year until his death at age 74 -- serves as a second and even more intimate autobiography than his own. Selections range from his correspondence with Rudyard Kipling and Wiliam Dean Howell to personal accounts of the deaths of Twain's beloved younger brother, two of his daughters, and his wife. Edited by a leading Twain scholar, and interwoven with his astute commentary, this edition presents Twain's life as he experienced and recorded it in the immediate moment.