Mark Twain; his life and work. A biographical sketch

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Biography & Autobiography, Modern (19th C)

Authors: William M. Clemens In Year : 1892

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Mark Twain; his life and work. A biographical sketch

Preface
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
In Nevada and California
One of the Innocents
His First Literary Success
Marriage
In England and Germany
His Later Works
The Lecture Platform
Mark Twain at Home
As a Business Man
Gems from Mark Twain

As far as anyone has been able to establish, Will Clemens was NOT related to Sam Clemens (Mark Twain), though they did become acquaintances. The 200-page biography Will Clemens wrote and published himself may have been the earliest full-length study of MT. It was published July 1,1892 as "No. 1" in a paperback series called "The Pacific Library," price 25¢, and did well enough to be republished in 1894 by a publisher in Chicago. Throughout the book Clemens relies mainly on other writers' previously published work. (summary by John Greenman)