The Life of Mark Twain: The Final Years 18911910 (Volume 3) (Mark Twain and His Circle)

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Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2023 In the final volume of his three-volume biography Gary Scharnhorst chronicles the life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens from his familys extended trip to Europe in 1891 to his death in 1910 at age 74. During these years Clemens grapples with bankruptcy returns to the lecture circuit and endures the loss of two daughters and his wife. It is also during this time that he writes some of his darkest most critical works; among these include Puddnhead Wilson; Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc; Tom Sawyer Abroad; Tom Sawyer Detective; Following the Equator; No. 44 the Mysterious Stranger; and portions of his Autobiography.