{"product_id":"mark-and-livy-resa-willis-9780415947749","title":"Mark and Livy: The Love Story of Mark Twain and the Woman Who Almost Tamed Him","description":"\u003cp\u003eOlivia Langdon Clemens was not only the love of Mark Twain's life and the mother of his children, she was also his editor, muse, critic and trusted advisor. She read his letters and speeches. He relied on her judgment on his writing, and readily admitted that she not only edited his work, but also edited his public persona.Until now, little has been known about Livy's crucial place in Twain's life. In Resa Willis's affecting and fascinating biography, we meet a dignified, optimistic women who married young, raised three sons and a daughter, endured myriad health problems and money woes and who faithfully traipsed all over the world with Twain - Africa, Europe, Asia - while battling his moodiness and her frailty.Twain adored her. A hard-drinking dreamer with an insatiable wanderlust, he needed someone to tame him. It was Livy who encouraged him to finish his autobiography even through the last stages of her illness. When she died in 1904, Twain's zest for life and writing was gone. He died six years later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA triumph of the biographer's art, Mark and Livy presents the fullest picture yet of one of the most influential women in American letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Resa Willis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 041594774X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415947749\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/24\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 366\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.04w x 0.90d","brand":"Resa Willis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056097095935,"sku":"9780415947749","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f1223541-448d-47c9-b24c-af63ac4e0af5.jpg?v=1685039498","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mark-and-livy-resa-willis-9780415947749","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}