Back to Search

The Autobiography of Mark Twain

AUTHOR Twain, Mark; Neider, Charles
PUBLISHER Harper Perennial (01/26/2000)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)

Description
"Mark Twain's autobiography is a classic of American letters, to be ranked with the autobiographies of Benjamin Franklin and Henry Adams.... It has the marks of greatness in it--style, scope, imagination, laughter, tragedy."

--From the Introduction by Charles Neider

Mark Twain was a figure larger than fife: massive in talent, eruptive in temperament, unpredictable in his actions. He crafted stories of heroism, adventure, tragedy, and comedy that reflected the changing America of the time, and he tells his own story--which includes sixteen pages of photos--with the same flair he brought to his fiction. Writing this autobiography on his deathbed, Twain vowed to he "free and frank and unembarrassed" in the recounting of his life and his experiences.

Twain was more than a match for the expanding America of riverboats, gold rushes, and the vast westward movement, which provided the material for his novels and which served to inspire this beloved and uniquely American autobiography.

Show More
Product Format
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9780060955427
ISBN-10: 0060955422
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
More Product Details
Page Count: 560
Carton Quantity: 24
Product Dimensions: 5.35 x 1.38 x 8.03 inches
Weight: 1.00 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Index, Price on Product, Illustrated
Country of Origin: US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures
Biography & Autobiography | Historical
Biography & Autobiography | Memoirs
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 9.6
Point Value: 34
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Guided Reading Level: Not Applicable
Dewey Decimal: B
Library of Congress Control Number: 99055390
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
jacket back
"Mark Twain's autobiography is a classic of American letters, to be ranked with the autobiographies of Benjamin Franklin and Henry Adams.... It has the marks of greatness in it--style, scope, imagination, laughter, tragedy."

--From the Introduction by Charles Neider

Mark Twain was a figure larger than fife: massive in talent, eruptive in temperament, unpredictable in his actions. He crafted stories of heroism, adventure, tragedy, and comedy that reflected the changing America of the time, and he tells his own story--which includes sixteen pages of photos--with the same flair he brought to his fiction. Writing this autobiography on his deathbed, Twain vowed to he "free and frank and unembarrassed" in the recounting of his life and his experiences.

Twain was more than a match for the expanding America of riverboats, gold rushes, and the vast westward movement, which provided the material for his novels and which served to inspire this beloved and uniquely American autobiography.

Show More
List Price $17.99
Your Price  $17.81
Paperback