{"product_id":"the-life-of-mark-twain-gary-scharnhorst-9780826221896","title":"The Life of Mark Twain: The Middle Years, 1871-1891 Volume 2","description":"\u003cb\u003eChoice Outstanding Academic Title for 20\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e20\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e During this time he wrote and published some of his best-known works, including \u003ci\u003eRoughing It, The Gilded Age, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, A Tramp Abroad, The Prince and the Pauper, Life on the Mississippi, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eMemoirs.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Life of Mark Twain\u003c\/i\u003e is the first multi-volume biography of Samuel Clemens to appear in more than a century and has already been hailed as the definitive Twain biography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary Scharnhorst\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0826221890\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826221896\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Missouri Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/21\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 777\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.30w x 2.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/22\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2019 pg. 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2020","brand":"Gary Scharnhorst","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43980634947839,"sku":"9780826221896","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_94902699-b451-43ff-abe7-0ea428309e04.jpg?v=1683251037","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-life-of-mark-twain-gary-scharnhorst-9780826221896","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}