The book focuses on the last 4 years in the life of Mark Twain, aka Samuel Clemens where he recovers from the death of his wife, puts on the white suit that we know him by, enters a second (or maybe third) childhood, and puts some serious thought into his legacy/5(95). · On the centenary of Twain's death, two books on his last bltadwin.ru Twain: Man in White: The Grand Adventure of His Final YearsMichael Shelden. Random, $30 (p) Shelden (Orwell) centers on the writer's signature white suit which first raised a ruckus when he donned it in the wintery month of December for an event at the Library of Congress/5(2). That afternoon in Washington, less than four years before his death, marked the beginning of a vibrant, tumultuous period in Twain's life that would shape much of the now-famous image by which he has come to be known—America's indomitable icon, the Man in White. Although Mark Twain has long been one of our most beloved literary figures—Time magazine has declared him "our original superstar"—his final Cited by: 3.
MARK TWAIN: MAN IN WHITE: THE GRAND ADVENTURE OF HIS FINAL YEARS. As we approach the th anniversary of Mark Twain's death, there has been a deluge of new books on the market. Michael Shelden. Shelden weaves it all together masterfully with detective-like curiosity a cunning critical sensibility and a deep historical and scholarly expertise A very fine piece of biographical storytelling-and a pleasure to read."-Harold K. Bush, author of Mark Twain and the Spiritual Crisis of His Age "A genuine breakthrough in Mark Twain. Mark Twain: Man in White: The Grand Adventure of His Final Years - Kindle edition by Shelden, Michael. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Mark Twain: Man in White: The Grand Adventure of His Final Years.
In Mark Twain: Man in White: The Grand Adventure of His Final Years, Michael Shelden chronicles the energetic end of a life marked by vitality, wit and creation of a mountain of unequalled homegrown literature—including what many (including myself) believe to be the greatest American novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. His shocking outfit appalled and delighted his contemporaries, but far more than that, as Pulitzer Prize finalist Michael Shelden shows in this wonderful new biography, Twain had brilliantly staged this act of showmanship to cement his image, and his personal legend, in the public's imagination. The book focuses on the last 4 years in the life of Mark Twain, aka Samuel Clemens where he recovers from the death of his wife, puts on the white suit that we know him by, enters a second (or maybe third) childhood, and puts some serious thought into his legacy.
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