Lighting out for the territory : how Samuel Clemens headed West and became Mark Twain / Roy Morris, Jr.

Author/creator Morris, Roy
Format Book
Edition1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Simon & Schuster, ©2010.
Descriptionxiv, 282 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction -- A campaign that failed -- A fine pleasure trip -- The damnedest country under the sun -- Enterprise -- Heaven on the half shell -- Luxurious vagrancy -- The trouble begins -- Epilogue : sivilized.
Abstract Acclaimed literary biographer Roy Morris carefully sorts fact from fiction to tell the story of a young genius finding his voice in the ramshackle mining camps, boomtowns, and newspaper offices of the wild and woolly West, while the Civil War rages half a continent away.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009049221
ISBN9781416598664 (hardcover)
ISBN1416598669 (hardcover)
ISBN9781416598671 (pbk.)
ISBN1416598677 (pbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PS1342.W48 M67 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold