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The Life of Mark Twain: Final Years, 1891-1910

The Life of Mark Twain: Final Years, 1891-1910 in Bloomington, MN
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Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2023
In the final volume of his three-volume biography, Gary Scharnhorst chronicles the life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens from his family’s extended trip to Europe in 1891 to his death in 1910 at age 74. During these years Clemens grapples with bankruptcy, returns to the lecture circuit, and endures the loss of two daughters and his wife. It is also during this time that he writes some of his darkest, most critical works; among these include
Pudd’nhead Wilson
;
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
Tom Sawyer Abroad
Tom Sawyer, Detective
Following the Equator
No. 44, the Mysterious Stranger
; and portions of his
Autobiography
.
In the final volume of his three-volume biography, Gary Scharnhorst chronicles the life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens from his family’s extended trip to Europe in 1891 to his death in 1910 at age 74. During these years Clemens grapples with bankruptcy, returns to the lecture circuit, and endures the loss of two daughters and his wife. It is also during this time that he writes some of his darkest, most critical works; among these include
Pudd’nhead Wilson
;
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
Tom Sawyer Abroad
Tom Sawyer, Detective
Following the Equator
No. 44, the Mysterious Stranger
; and portions of his
Autobiography
.