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Mark Twain : a life, Ron Powers

Creator
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xi, 722 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Contents
  • "Something at once awful and sublime" (1835-39)
  • "The white town, drowsing..." (1839)
  • Of words and the word (1840-42)
  • The Hannibal decade (1843-53)
  • Apprentice (1848-51)
  • Rambler (1852-53)
  • "So far from home..." (1853-56)
  • The language of water (1856-58)
  • Ranger (1858-61)
  • Washoe (1861-62)
  • A journalistic counterculture (1862-63)
  • "Mark Twain-more of him" (1863)
  • Code Duello (1863-64)
  • A villainous backwoods, sketch (1864-65)
  • "...and I began to talk" (1865-66)
  • On the road (1866-67)
  • Back East (1867)
  • "move-move-Move!" (1867)
  • Pilgrims and sinners (1867)
  • In the thrall of mother bear (October 1867-New Year's Day 1868)
  • "A work humorously inclined..." (February-July 1868)
  • The girl in the miniature (July 1868-October 1868)
  • American vandal (October-December 1868)
  • "Quite worthy of the best" (1869)
  • Fairyland (1870)
  • "My hated non de plume..." (1871)
  • Sociable Jimmy (1871-72)
  • The lion of London (1872-73)
  • Gilded (1873-74)
  • Quarry farm and nook farm (1874-75)
  • The man in the moon (1875)
  • "It befell yt one did breake wind..." (1876)
  • God's fool (1877)
  • Abroad again (1878-79)
  • "A personal hatred for humbug" (1880)
  • "A powerful good time" (1881-82)
  • "All right, then..." (1882-83)
  • The American novel (1884-85)
  • Roll over, Lord Byron (1886-87)
  • "I have fed so full on sorrows ..." (1887-90)
  • "We are skimming along like paupers..." (1891-June 1893)
  • Savior (1893-94)
  • Thunder-stroke (1895-96)
  • Exile and return (1896-1900)
  • Sitting in darkness (1900-1905)
Isbn
9780743248990
Instance
Label
Mark Twain : a life
Title
Mark Twain
Title remainder
a life
Statement of responsibility
Ron Powers
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Powers, Ron
Dewey number
  • 818/.409
  • B
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
PS1331
LC item number
.P69 2005
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Twain, Mark
  • Authors, American
  • Humorists, American
  • Journalists
Target audience
adult
Label
Mark Twain : a life, Ron Powers
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
"Something at once awful and sublime" (1835-39) -- "The white town, drowsing..." (1839) -- Of words and the word (1840-42) -- The Hannibal decade (1843-53) -- Apprentice (1848-51) -- Rambler (1852-53) -- "So far from home..." (1853-56) -- The language of water (1856-58) -- Ranger (1858-61) -- Washoe (1861-62) -- A journalistic counterculture (1862-63) -- "Mark Twain-more of him" (1863) -- Code Duello (1863-64) -- A villainous backwoods, sketch (1864-65) -- "...and I began to talk" (1865-66) -- On the road (1866-67) -- Back East (1867) -- "move-move-Move!" (1867) -- Pilgrims and sinners (1867) -- In the thrall of mother bear (October 1867-New Year's Day 1868) -- "A work humorously inclined..." (February-July 1868) -- The girl in the miniature (July 1868-October 1868) -- American vandal (October-December 1868) -- "Quite worthy of the best" (1869) -- Fairyland (1870) -- "My hated non de plume..." (1871) -- Sociable Jimmy (1871-72) -- The lion of London (1872-73) -- Gilded (1873-74) -- Quarry farm and nook farm (1874-75) -- The man in the moon (1875) -- "It befell yt one did breake wind..." (1876) -- God's fool (1877) -- Abroad again (1878-79) -- "A personal hatred for humbug" (1880) -- "A powerful good time" (1881-82) -- "All right, then..." (1882-83) -- The American novel (1884-85) -- Roll over, Lord Byron (1886-87) -- "I have fed so full on sorrows ..." (1887-90) -- "We are skimming along like paupers..." (1891-June 1893) -- Savior (1893-94) -- Thunder-stroke (1895-96) -- Exile and return (1896-1900) -- Sitting in darkness (1900-1905)
Dimensions
25 cm.
Extent
xi, 722 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780743248990
Isbn Type
(hc.)
Lccn
2005048816
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
9780743248990
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocm60373585
  • (Sirsi) o60373585
  • (TMQ) o60373585
Label
Mark Twain : a life, Ron Powers
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
"Something at once awful and sublime" (1835-39) -- "The white town, drowsing..." (1839) -- Of words and the word (1840-42) -- The Hannibal decade (1843-53) -- Apprentice (1848-51) -- Rambler (1852-53) -- "So far from home..." (1853-56) -- The language of water (1856-58) -- Ranger (1858-61) -- Washoe (1861-62) -- A journalistic counterculture (1862-63) -- "Mark Twain-more of him" (1863) -- Code Duello (1863-64) -- A villainous backwoods, sketch (1864-65) -- "...and I began to talk" (1865-66) -- On the road (1866-67) -- Back East (1867) -- "move-move-Move!" (1867) -- Pilgrims and sinners (1867) -- In the thrall of mother bear (October 1867-New Year's Day 1868) -- "A work humorously inclined..." (February-July 1868) -- The girl in the miniature (July 1868-October 1868) -- American vandal (October-December 1868) -- "Quite worthy of the best" (1869) -- Fairyland (1870) -- "My hated non de plume..." (1871) -- Sociable Jimmy (1871-72) -- The lion of London (1872-73) -- Gilded (1873-74) -- Quarry farm and nook farm (1874-75) -- The man in the moon (1875) -- "It befell yt one did breake wind..." (1876) -- God's fool (1877) -- Abroad again (1878-79) -- "A personal hatred for humbug" (1880) -- "A powerful good time" (1881-82) -- "All right, then..." (1882-83) -- The American novel (1884-85) -- Roll over, Lord Byron (1886-87) -- "I have fed so full on sorrows ..." (1887-90) -- "We are skimming along like paupers..." (1891-June 1893) -- Savior (1893-94) -- Thunder-stroke (1895-96) -- Exile and return (1896-1900) -- Sitting in darkness (1900-1905)
Dimensions
25 cm.
Extent
xi, 722 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780743248990
Isbn Type
(hc.)
Lccn
2005048816
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
9780743248990
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocm60373585
  • (Sirsi) o60373585
  • (TMQ) o60373585

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