Spunkwater, Spunkwater! (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: James Playsted Wood
- First Published: 1968
- Time of Work: 1835–1910
- Setting: California, Connecticut, Europe, the Mississippi River, Missouri, Nevada, New York, and Pennsylvania
- Principal Characters: Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Orion Clemens, Olivia, William Dean Howells, Albert Bigelow Paine
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Family or family life, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Journalism or journalists, Traveling or travelers, Authors or writers, Marriage, Midwest, Writing, California, West, U.S., Rivers or waterways, Newspapers, Biography, Apprentices, Printing
- Locales: California, Europe, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Mississippi River, Nevada
Form and Content
In the fifteen chapters of Spunkwater, Spunkwater! A Life of Mark Twain, James Playsted Wood provides an overview of Samuel Langhorne Clemens’s life, focusing on the rich humanity of the man who was to become known as Mark Twain. The book begins with a general overview of Twain’s loves and hates, foreshadowing Wood’s discussion of Twain’s tendency toward strong emotions later in the book.
In a rough chronology, Wood introduces Twain’s family and examines his childhood—especially his carefree and unrestricted days in Hannibal, Missouri,...
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