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Publisher
Free Press
ISBN-10
0743249011
ISBN-13
9780743249010
eBay Product ID (ePID)
52037415

Product Key Features

Book Title
Mark Twain : Alife
Number of Pages
736 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Literary, American / General, United States / General
Publication Year
2006
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography, History
Author
Ron Powers
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
2 in
Item Weight
29.3 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in

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Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"Like Twain's greatest works, this is a book that transcends its boundaries, giving us not merely one man, but America itself. It is a tremendous achievement and anybody even vaguely interested in the subject should read it."-- "The London Telegraph", "There is nothing jaded or recycled about Ron Powers's masterly portrait....He does justice to a comic, tragic, inspiring American life, and the reader shares his unwillingness to let go when it is time for Twain to die in the final, heart-stopping paragraph." -- Paperback of the Week, Observer, "An impressive achievement...This book earns an honored place on the shelf of essential works on Mark Twain...Ron Powers has done justice to an incomparably complex, rich, fruitful, and tangled life, and along the way he has granted us a glimpse into the heart of America, as well as the heart of America's greatest writer."-- "San Francisco Chronicle", "Powers brings enthusiasm and depth of understanding to this richly enjoyable portrait." -- Independent, "An impressive achievement...This book earns an honored place on the shelf of essential works on Mark Twain...Ron Powers has done justice to an incomparably complex, rich, fruitful, and tangled life, and along the way he has granted us a glimpse into the heart of America, as well as the heart of America's greatest writer." -- San Francisco Chronicle, "Powers argues that his predecessors tend to be "scholarly critics" in whose efforts the human being, [Twain's] voice and humour go missing. This Pulitzer prize-winning life captivatingly succeeds where they failed, finding a way of writing that is coloured by Twain's verbal larkiness but never merely imitates him." --Guardian, "An impressive achievement...This book earns an honored place on the shelf of essential works on Mark Twain...Ron Powers has done justice to an incomparably complex, rich, fruitful, and tangled life, and along the way he has granted us a glimpse into the heart of America, as well as the heart of America's greatest writer."--San Francisco Chronicle, "A sweeping account of the personality and career of the man who, Powers writes, 'found a voice for his country'...Mr. Powers skillfully places his subject in historical context [and] quite rightly focuses on Twain's pitch-perfect ear and keen eye...A convincing portrait of Twain as a volatile, moody, guilt-ridden, desperately insecure man who was often a puzzle to himself."--The New York Times, "Powers has given us the whole man. We feel we know him, as well as we can, as well as his most perceptive friend and fellow writer William Dean Howells knew him. Along the way Powers brings to vivid life Twain's America...No biography of Mark Twain could do him full justice. Powers' comes as close as you can imagine."--Los Angeles Times, "A sweeping account of the personality and career of the man who, Powers writes, 'found a voice for his country'...Mr. Powers skillfully places his subject in historical context [and] quite rightly focuses on Twain's pitch-perfect ear and keen eye...A convincing portrait of Twain as a volatile, moody, guilt-ridden, desperately insecure man who was often a puzzle to himself." -- The New York Times, "Like Twain's greatest works, this is a book that transcends its boundaries, giving us not merely one man, but America itself. It is a tremendous achievement and anybody even vaguely interested in the subject should read it."-- The London Telegraph, "There is nothing jaded or recycled about Ron Powers's masterly portrait....He does justice to a comic, tragic, inspiring American life, and the reader shares his unwillingness to let go when it is time for Twain to die in the final, heart-stopping paragraph." -- Paperback of the Week,Observer, "Powers brings enthusiasm and depth of understanding to this richly enjoyable portrait." --Independent, "Powers has given us the whole man. We feel we know him, as well as we can, as well as his most perceptive friend and fellow writer William Dean Howells knew him. Along the way Powers brings to vivid life Twain's America...No biography of Mark Twain could do him full justice. Powers' comes as close as you can imagine." -- Los Angeles Times, "Like Twain's greatest works, this is a book that transcends its boundaries, giving us not merely one man, but America itself. It is a tremendous achievement and anybody even vaguely interested in the subject should read it."--The London Telegraph, "A sweeping account of the personality and career of the man who, Powers writes, 'found a voice for his country'...Mr. Powers skillfully places his subject in historical context [and] quite rightly focuses on Twain's pitch-perfect ear and keen eye...A convincing portrait of Twain as a volatile, moody, guilt-ridden, desperately insecure man who was often a puzzle to himself."-- "The New York Times", "Like Twain's greatest works, this is a book that transcends its boundaries, giving us not merely one man, but America itself. It is a tremendous achievement and anybody even vaguely interested in the subject should read it." -- The London Telegraph, "Powers has given us the whole man. We feel we know him, as well as we can, as well as his most perceptive friend and fellow writer William Dean Howells knew him. Along the way Powers brings to vivid life Twain's America...No biography of Mark Twain could do him full justice. Powers' comes as close as you can imagine."-- "Los Angeles Times", "A weighty and witty biography that comes as close as any to providing the essential biography...Powers makes Twain come alive as a three-dimensional, deeply flawed, immensely gifted and wonderfully intriguing writer." -- The Cleveland Plain Dealer, "Powers has given us the whole man. We feel we know him, as well as we can, as well as his most perceptive friend and fellow writer William Dean Howells knew him. Along the way Powers brings to vivid life Twain's America...No biography of Mark Twain could do him full justice. Powers' comes as close as you can imagine."-- Los Angeles Times, "Powers argues that his predecessors tend to be "scholarly critics" in whose efforts the human being, [Twain's] voice and humour go missing. This Pulitzer prize-winning life captivatingly succeeds where they failed, finding a way of writing that is coloured by Twain's verbal larkiness but never merely imitates him." -- Guardian, "A sweeping account of the personality and career of the man who, Powers writes, 'found a voice for his country'...Mr. Powers skillfully places his subject in historical context [and] quite rightly focuses on Twain's pitch-perfect ear and keen eye...A convincing portrait of Twain as a volatile, moody, guilt-ridden, desperately insecure man who was often a puzzle to himself."-- The New York Times, "An impressive achievement...This book earns an honored place on the shelf of essential works on Mark Twain...Ron Powers has done justice to an incomparably complex, rich, fruitful, and tangled life, and along the way he has granted us a glimpse into the heart of America, as well as the heart of America's greatest writer."-- San Francisco Chronicle, "A weighty and witty biography that comes as close as any to providing the essential biography...Powers makes Twain come alive as a three-dimensional, deeply flawed, immensely gifted and wonderfully intriguing writer."--The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Dewey Decimal
818/.409 B
Table Of Content
Contents Prologue 1: "Something at Once Awful and Sublime" (1835-39) 2: "The White Town, Drowsing..." (1839) 3: Of Words and the Word (1840-42) 4: The Hannibal Decade (1843-53) 5: Apprentice (1848-51) 6: Rambler (1852-53) 7: "So Far from Home..." (1853-56) 8: The Language of Water (1856-58) 9: Ranger (1858-61) 10: Washoe (1861-62) 11: A Journalistic Counterculture (1862-63) 12: "Mark Twain -- More of Him" (1863) 13: Code Duello (1863-64) 14: A Villainous Backwoods Sketch (1864-65) 15: "...And I Began to Talk" (1865-66) 16: On the Road (1866-67) 17: Back East (1867) 18: "move -- move -- Move!" (1867) 19: Pilgrims and Sinners (1867) 20: In the Thrall of Mother Bear (October 1867-New Year's Day 1868) 21: "A Work Humorously Inclined..." (February-July 1868) 22: The Girl in the Miniature (July 1868-October 1868) 23: American Vandal (October-December 1868) 24: "Quite Worthy of the Best" (1869) 25: Fairyland (1870) 26: "My Hated Nom de Plume..." (1871) 27: Sociable Jimmy (1871-72) 28: The Lion of London (1872-73) 29: Gilded (1873-74) 30: Quarry Farm and Nook Farm (1874-75) 31: The Man in the Moon (1875) 32: "It Befell Yt One Did Breake Wind..." (1876) 33: God's Fool (1877) 34: Abroad Again (1878-79) 35: "A Personal Hatred for Humbug" (1880) 36: "A Powerful Good Time" (1881-82) 37: "All Right, Then..." (1882-83) 38: The American Novel (1884-85) 39: Roll Over, Lord Byron (1886-87) 40: "I Have Fed So Full on Sorrows..." (1887-90) 41: "We Are Skimming Along Like Paupers..." (1891-June 1893) 42: Savior (1893-94) 43: Thunder-Stroke (1895-96) 44: Exile and Return (1896-1900) 45: Sitting in Darkness (1900-1905) Chapter the Last Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index
Synopsis
Samuel Clemens, the man known as Mark Twain, invented the American voice and became one of our greatest celebrities. His life mirrored his country's, as he grew from a Mississippi River boyhood in the days of the frontier, to a Wild-West journalist during the Gold Rush, to become the king of the eastern establishment and a global celebrity as America became an international power. Along the way, Mark Twain keenly observed the characters and voices that filled the growing country, and left us our first authentically American literature. Ron Powers's magnificent biography offers the definitive life of the founding father of our culture., In the most important narrative biography of Samuel Langhorne Clemens in half a century, a Pulitzer-Prize winner brings to life the astonishing man behind one of America's most famous sons., Ron Powers's tour de force has been widely acclaimed as the best life and times, filled with Mark Twain's voice, and as a great American story. Samuel Clemens, the man known as Mark Twain, invented the American voice and became one of our greatest celebrities. His life mirrored his country's, as he grew from a Mississippi River boyhood in the days of the frontier, to a Wild-West journalist during the Gold Rush, to become the king of the eastern establishment and a global celebrity as America became an international power. Along the way, Mark Twain keenly observed the characters and voices that filled the growing country, and left us our first authentically American literature. Ron Powers's magnificent biography offers the definitive life of the founding father of our culture., "Powers brings to vivid life Twain's America...No biography of Mark Twain could do him full justice. Powers' comes as close as you can imagine." -- Los Angeles Times A magnificent and insightful biography of legendary writer Mark Twain and a great American story. Samuel Clemens, the man known as Mark Twain, invented the American voice and became one of our greatest celebrities. His life mirrored his country's, as he grew from a Mississippi River boyhood in the days of the frontier, to a Wild-West journalist during the Gold Rush, to become the king of the eastern establishment and a global celebrity as America became an international power. Along the way, Mark Twain keenly observed the characters and voices that filled the growing country, and left us our first authentically American literature. Ron Powers's magnificent biography offers the definitive life of the founding father of our culture.

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