Mark Twain: An American Legend (The True Story of Mark Twain)

Mark Twain: An American Legend (The True Story of Mark Twain) (Historical Biographies of Famous People)
â€œAll modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finnâ€¦ itâ€™s the best book weâ€™ve had. All American writing comes from that. There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since.â€ â€“Ernest Hemingway

Samuel Langhorne Clemensâ€”better known by his pen name of Mark Twainâ€”towers over all other American writers. But who was the man behind the novels?

In this revealing, compact biography, Alexander Kennedy examines Twainâ€™s extraordinary life, expertly separating from fact from fiction, biography from legend. Here we see how Twain rose from an impoverished boyhood on the Mississippi to become one of the nationâ€™s most famous men, using the very material of that impoverished boyhood to propel his rise. But Twainâ€™s life also had more than its share of tragedy, and his story is also one of failure, bankruptcy, and grievous loss. Mark Twain: His Life and Legacy guides the reader through Twainâ€™s many rises and falls, showing how this master author spun both his highs and lows into literary gold, changing the face of world literature forever.

"Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest." - Mark Twain

Buy Now to Discover:
- Twainâ€™s unsuccessful careers as a steamboat pilot and prospector.
- Twainâ€™s brief service with the Confederate Army.
- The duel that forced Twain to flee to California.
- The controversies around Twainâ€™s magnum opus, Huckleberry Finn.
- The unlikely friendship between Twain and Ulysses S. Grant.
- Twainâ€™s disastrous business ventures.
- Countless witticisms and insights in the great humoristâ€™s own words.
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Country USA
Author Alexander Kennedy
Binding Kindle Edition
Format Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
NumberOfPages 175
PublicationDate 2016-06-06
ReleaseDate 2016-06-06

Country	USA
Author	Alexander Kennedy
Binding	Kindle Edition
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
NumberOfPages	175
PublicationDate	2016-06-06
ReleaseDate	2016-06-06

Mark Twain: An American Legend (The True Story of Mark Twain) (Historical Biographies of Famous People)

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