Today, May 2nd, is the day by which I was supposed to have finished the current Classics Club spin book. Alas, I did not make it through Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court. I feel bad about… Read More ›
Mark Twain
New Book on Mark Twain’s World Tour: Chasing the Last Laugh by Richard Zacks
In 1893, even though he was the highest paid writer in America and married to an heiress, Mark Twain–Samuel Clemens–was on the brink of financial ruin. This book tells the story of how the already famous writer got out of… Read More ›
The Mark Twain House
At the end of my last post on Harriet Beecher Stowe’s house I mentioned that a year after she moved into the house another famous writer built a house practically in her back yard. That writer was Mark Twain. Like… Read More ›
Coming in November: Mark Twain’s Autobiography, Vol 1
The first volume of Mark Twain’s Autobiography is due out on November 15, 2010. He dictated the autobiography and ordered that it not be published until 100 years after his death when he would be “dead, and unaware, and indifferent.” … Read More ›