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Inventing Mark Twain: The Lives of Samuel Langhorne Clemens
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher William Morrow & Co
Publication date July 1, 1998
Pages 572
Binding Paperback
Edition Reprint
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780688161101
ISBN-10 0688161103
Dimensions 1.75 by 5.75 by 9 in.
Weight 1.75 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $16.00
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Offers a new interpretation of Clemens' life and work and explores the profound needs that led him to create the Twain persona
Amazon.com description: Product Description: This provocative, definitive biography explores the revealing and resonant contradictions between the true character of Samuel Clemens and his self-created alter ego, Mark Twain.

Richly detailed and filled with new information from primary sources, Inventing Mark Twain traces an extraordinary life that led from Mississippi steamboats to the California goldfields to cultural immortality as America's national philosopher.

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Hardcover
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from William Morrow & Co (March 1, 1997)
9780688127695 | details & prices | 572 pages | 6.75 × 9.75 × 1.75 in. | 2.20 lbs | List price $30.00
About: Offers a new interpretation of Clemens' life and work and explores the profound needs that led him to create the Twain persona
Paperback
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Reprint edition from William Morrow & Co (July 1, 1998)
9780688161101 | details & prices | 572 pages | 5.75 × 9.00 × 1.75 in. | 1.75 lbs | List price $16.00
About: Offers a new interpretation of Clemens' life and work and explores the profound needs that led him to create the Twain persona

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