Research Catalog

Title

The life of Mark Twain : the middle years, 1871-1891 / Gary Scharnhorst.

Author

Scharnhorst, Gary

Publication

• Columbia, Missouri : University of Missouri Press, 2019.
• ©2019

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Missouri Humanities Council.
• State Historical Society of Missouri.

Description

x, 767 pages : illustrations, portraits; 24 cm.

Summary

"The second volume of Gary Scharnhorst's three-volume biography chronicles the life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens between his move with his family from Buffalo to Elmira (and then Hartford) in spring 1871 and their departure from Hartford for Europe in mid-1891. During this time he wrote and published some of his best-known works, including Roughing It, The Gilded Age, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, A Tramp Abroad, The Prince and the Pauper, Life on the Mississippi, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Significant events include his trips to England (1872-73) and Bermuda (1877); the controversy over his Whittier Birthday Speech in December 1877; his 1878-79 Wanderjahr on the continent; his 1882 tour of the Mississippi valley; his 1884-85 reading tour with George Washington Cable; his relationships with his publishers (Elisha Bliss, James R. Osgood, Andrew Chatto, and Charles L. Webster); the death of his son, Langdon, and the births and childhoods of his daughters Susy, Clara, and Jean; as well as the several lawsuits and personal feuds in which he was involved. During these years, too, Clemens expressed his views on racial and gender equality and turned to political mugwumpery; supported the presidential campaigns of Grover Cleveland; advocated for labor rights, international copyright, and revolution in Russia; founded his own publishing firm; and befriended former president Ulysses S. Grant, supervising the publication of Grant's Memoirs"--

Series Statement

Mark Twain and his circle

Uniform Title

Mark Twain and his circle series.

Subjects

• Humorists, American
• Authors, American
• Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
• Humorists, American > 19th century > Biography
• Homes
• Biographies
• Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 > Homes and haunts
• 1800-1899
• Authors, American > 19th century > Biography

Genre/Form

Biographies.

Note

• This book was published with the generous support of The Missouri Humanities Council and The State Historical Society of Missouri.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 693-736) and index.

Contents

Elmira, Hartford, and on the stump -- Roughing it in London and Hartford -- Round trip -- Market Twain -- Afoot -- Delectable land -- Grand tour -- Coin of the realm -- Behind the scenes -- Down the river and far away -- Back story -- Lecture tour -- Gilded cage -- Bucking the tiger -- Vanity fair -- Camelot -- Nadir.

Call Number

JFE 19-7996

ISBN

• 9780826221896
• 0826221890

LCCN

2018049235

OCLC

1056778900

Author

Scharnhorst, Gary, author.

Title

The life of Mark Twain : the middle years, 1871-1891 / Gary Scharnhorst.

Publisher

Columbia, Missouri : University of Missouri Press, 2019.

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Mark Twain and his circle

Mark Twain and his circle series.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 693-736) and index.

Chronological Term

1800-1899

Added Author

Missouri Humanities Council.

State Historical Society of Missouri.

Other Form:

Online version: Scharnhorst, Gary. Life of Mark Twain. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2019] 9780826274304 (DLC) 2018055461

Research Call Number

JFE 19-7996