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Mark Twain, the World, and Me: Following the Equator, Then and Now

Susan K Harris | LITERATURE, Mar 01, 2020

A can’t-miss title for those interested in Twain’s life and especially his views on religion and imperialism.

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The Life of Mark Twain: The Early Years, 1835–1871

Gary Scharnhorst | NONFICTION, Apr 01, 2018

An authoritative and impressive achievement that promises well for Scharnhorst's next two volumes. Recommended.

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Chasing the Last Laugh: Mark Twain's Raucous and Redemptive Round-the-World Comedy Tour

Richard Zacks | NONFICTION, Apr 01, 2016

A welcome contribution to Twain scholarship, Zacks's book will also be relished by general readers. Recommended for most collections.

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Mark Twain's Notebooks: Journals, Letters, Observations, Wit, Wisdom, and Doodles

Mark Twain | NONFICTION, May 15, 2015

This is a book for those not fussy about scholarship or facts and has little to offer to libraries already holding Milton Meltzer's better illustrated Mark Twain Himself.

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American Vandal: Mark Twain Abroad

Roy Morris | NONFICTION, Mar 15, 2015

In relying heavily on secondary sources Morris gets enough of his own facts wrong to irritate scholars (for example, a sentence about the assassination of Czar Alexander II cites a passage in Innocents Abroad, which was published 12 years before the assassination occurred) but not enough to spoil the enjoyment of general readers who should find his work engaging. A suitable but nonessential book for general collections.