The Life of Mark Twain: The Final Years, 1891-1910 Volume 3 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780826222411)

Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2023

In the final volume of his three-volume biography, Gary Scharnhorst chronicles the life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens from his family's extended trip to Europe in 1891 to his death in 1910 at age 74. During these years Clemens grapples with bankruptcy, returns to the lecture circuit, and endures the loss of two daughters and his wife. It is also during this time that he writes some of his darkest, most critical works; among these include Pudd'nhead Wilson; Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc; Tom Sawyer Abroad; Tom Sawyer, Detective; Following the Equator; No. 44, the Mysterious Stranger; and portions of his Autobiography.


Author: Gary Scharnhorst
ISBN-10: 0826222412
ISBN-13: 9780826222411
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Language: English
Published: 04/11/2022
Pages: 712
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.40lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 2.00d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2022
Publishers Weekly 03/21/2022
Choice 04/01/2023