Nov 16, 2009
America’s Mark Twain | America’s Mark Twain
At a glance:
- Author: May McNeer
- First Published: 1962
- Time of Work: 1835–1910
- Setting: Missouri, the Mississippi River, Nevada, California, Europe,
New York, and Connecticut
- Principal Characters: Samuel Langhorne Clemens, John Marshall Clemens, Jane Lampton Clemens, Horace Bixby, Olivia Langdon
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Authors or writers, Nineteenth century, Lectures or lecturing, Biography, Humorists
- Locales: California, Europe, Connecticut, New York, Missouri, Mississippi River, Nevada
Form and Content
In America’s Mark Twain, May McNeer presents the life
story of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, the popular American humorist who
published most of his articles, short stories, and novels under the
name Mark Twain. The information in this biography is presented in
narrative form and is accompanied by black-and-white and full-page
color illustrations by McNeer’s husband, Lynd Ward. The
biography includes nine chapters and is organized in chronological
order beginning with Twain’s birth on November 30, 1835, and
concluding with his death on April 21, 1910....
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