America’s Own Mark Twain (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Jeanette Eaton
- First Published: 1958
- Time of Work: 1835–1910
- Setting: Missouri, New York, Nevada, Connecticut, and Europe
- Principal Characters: Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Olivia Langdon Clemens, Orion Clemens, Horace Bixby, Charles Webster, Elisha Bliss, John Goodman, H. H. Rogers
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Authors or writers, Nineteenth century, Lectures or lecturing, Biography, Humorists
- Locales: Europe, Connecticut, New York, Missouri, Nevada
Form and Content
In eleven chapters, Jeanette Eaton cogently details the major episodes in the life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who came into the world with the appearance of Halley’s comet in 1835 and left it upon the return of this famous astronomical display seventy-five years later in 1910. The first three chapters are filled with the playful adventures and exciting experiences of Clemens’ boyhood. Eaton then dedicates a chapter to each of the other segments of Clemens’ life, not only recounting the major personal events of that period but also tracing the...
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