Sanborn, Margaret. Mark Twain : : the bachelor years : a biography / [electronic resource] / Margaret Sanborn.. — 1st ed.. — New York : : Doubleday,, c1990.. — xix, 508 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [488]-500) and index.

Beginnings -- "A heavenly place for a boy" -- "A boy's paradise" -- Education -- The dark hour -- Journeyman printer -- Keokuk days -- Learning the river -- Tragedy on the river -- The pilot -- COnfederate soldier -- Across the plains -- Mining fever -- Sam Clemens/Mark Twain -- Wild oats -- Farewell to Washoe -- Exile -- The jumping frog -- Taste of fame -- "The trouble begins at 8" -- New York debut -- The grand pleasure excursion -- Journey's end -- On the wing -- The siege of Elmira -- Casting anchor.



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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
Twain, Mark.


Authors, American--19th century--Biography.
Humorists, American--19th century--Biography.
Journalists--United States--Biography.
Biographie.

PS1331 / .S17 1990

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