Zeno
07-02-2004, 12:18 PM
For those that enjoy the greatest American writer some book suggestions:
The Bachelor Years (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0385237022/qid=1088780531/sr=1-5/ref=sr_1_5/103-9612797-3067836?v=glance&s=books)
Excellent book that lays out Sam's early formative years in great detail. Explains much about the man.
An Illustrated Biography (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0375405615/qid=1088780755/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/103-9612797-3067836?v=glance&s=books)
From the Kens Burns special about Twain, great photos, well written, and with some interesting side articles about Twain's continuing influence. Deals a lot with his family life, which was somewhat tragic.
Life as I Find It (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index%3Dbooks%26field-keywords%3DLife%2520as%2520I%2520find%2520it/103-9612797-3067836)
This is a unique collection of essays, speeches, letters and newpaper interviews that is well worth having. Compilied by Charles Neider (the editor of Twain's autobiography). There is a very interesting foward that deals with Mark Twain, Censorship, the Russians, Clara (Twain's daughter), and Neider's attempts to get things published (circa 1960).
Collected Tales....Essays (http://www.loa.org/volume.jsp?RequestID=83)
This is a two volume set that is a marvelous and definitive collection of Twains shorter writtings and covers his entire career from 1852 to 1910. Really a must have.
The Quotable Mark Twain (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0809229870/qid=1088784120/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-9612797-3067836?v=glance&s=books)
'His Essential Aphorisms, Witticisms, & Concise Opinions.' Done with style and fully documented with a bibliography.
-Zeno
The Bachelor Years (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0385237022/qid=1088780531/sr=1-5/ref=sr_1_5/103-9612797-3067836?v=glance&s=books)
Excellent book that lays out Sam's early formative years in great detail. Explains much about the man.
An Illustrated Biography (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0375405615/qid=1088780755/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/103-9612797-3067836?v=glance&s=books)
From the Kens Burns special about Twain, great photos, well written, and with some interesting side articles about Twain's continuing influence. Deals a lot with his family life, which was somewhat tragic.
Life as I Find It (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index%3Dbooks%26field-keywords%3DLife%2520as%2520I%2520find%2520it/103-9612797-3067836)
This is a unique collection of essays, speeches, letters and newpaper interviews that is well worth having. Compilied by Charles Neider (the editor of Twain's autobiography). There is a very interesting foward that deals with Mark Twain, Censorship, the Russians, Clara (Twain's daughter), and Neider's attempts to get things published (circa 1960).
Collected Tales....Essays (http://www.loa.org/volume.jsp?RequestID=83)
This is a two volume set that is a marvelous and definitive collection of Twains shorter writtings and covers his entire career from 1852 to 1910. Really a must have.
The Quotable Mark Twain (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0809229870/qid=1088784120/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-9612797-3067836?v=glance&s=books)
'His Essential Aphorisms, Witticisms, & Concise Opinions.' Done with style and fully documented with a bibliography.
-Zeno