Mark Twain The Divided Mind of America's Best-Loved Writer

by Levy, David A.

• ISBN13: 9780205553754
• ISBN10: 0205553753
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-07-13
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Prentice Hall is proud to publish the Library of American Biography series, offering ideal reading for introductory and upper-level courses in American history. These concise biographies focus on individuals whose actions and ideas greatly influenced American history and relate the lives of the subjects to the issues and events of their times.

Author Biography

Mark C. Carnes, the Library of American Biography series is being revised and updated with today's students in mind. All volumes are offered at a lower price, and each new volume includes Study and Discussion Questions, which encourage readers to reflect on the role of the profiled individual in shaping American history.

Table of Contents

Editor's Preface	p. vi
Acknowledgments	p. viii
Prologue	p. 1
Preparation	p. 13
Growing up in Hannibal	p. 14
The Great Mississippi	p. 31
A Young Man Goes West	p. 46
Making God's Creatures Laugh	p. 63
A Cynic Among the Pilgrims	p. 77
Livy	p. 96
Fame	p. 115
Hartford	p. 116
A Writer of Remarkable Books	p. 131
"The Best Book We've Had"	p. 149
Despair	p. 161
A Writer Who Thought He Was a Businessman	p. 162
Writing His Way Out of Debt	p. 176
At the End, Dark Despair	p. 192
Epilogue	p. 211
Study and Discussion Questions	p. 217
A Note on the Sources	p. 221
Index	p. 227
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