Mark Twain's America : then and now
DeMarco, Laura
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Few would dispute that Mark Twain was a literary genius, a writer unique in his ability to capture the idioms of country speech, yet also write novels that appealed to the powerful East Coast literary set. He was born Samuel Clemens in Florida, Missouri, and at four years of age moved to Hannibal, on the Mississippi river. After his father died prematurely he worked as a printer's apprentice in Philadelphia, Cincinnati and New York, before settling on the career of a riverboat pilot. Training under Horace Bixby from 1857, he learnt to navigate the thousand miles of shoals, chutes and crossings between St.Louis and New Orleans. Having qualified as a pilot in 1859, the Civil War wrecked trade on the river and after two weeks as a Confederate he headed West in 1861 to find work in the silver mines of Nevada and then as a reporter in Virginia City. From there he moved to a newspaper job in San Francisco. His short story, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calveras County published in New York’s Saturday Press gained him national attention and his career in the public spotlight was launched.
Main title:
Mark Twain's America : then and now / by Laura DeMarco
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Imprint:
London : Salamander Books, 2019
Collation:
143 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 26 cm.
Contents:
Florida, Missouri 1835 -- Hannibal, Missouri 1840s -- 206 Hill Street, Hannibal, Missouri 1840s -- Blankenship House, Hannibal, Missouri 1840s -- Cardiff Hill, Hannibal, Missouri 1840s -- St. Louis, Missouri 1853 -- Crystal Palace, New York City 1853 -- Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia 1853 -- Washington, D.C. 1854 -- Keokuk, Iowa 1855 -- Cincinnati, Ohio 1856 -- New Orleans, Louisiana 1857 -- Memphis, Tennessee 1858 -- French Market, New Orleans, Louisiana 1859 -- Hollenberg Station, Kansas 1861 -- Salt Lake City, Utah 1861 -- Carson City, Nevada 1861 -- Lake Tahoe, California/Nevada 1861 -- Aurora, Nevada 1862 -- Virginia City, Nevada 1862 -- Virginia City, Nevada 1863 -- San Francisco, California 1863 -- Occidental Hotel, San Francisco 1864 -- Angels Hotel, Angels Camp, California 1864 -- Jackass Hill, California 1864 -- Honolulu, Hawaii 1866 -- Hale Post Office, Honolulu, Hawaii 1866 -- San Francisco, California 1866 -- Contents note continued: Cooper Institute, New York City 1867 -- Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, New York 1867 -- Washington, D.C. 1867 -- Steinway Hall, New York City 1867 -- Langdon Home, Elmira, New York 1868 -- Cleveland Herald, Cleveland, Ohio 1868 -- Case Hall, Cleveland, Ohio 1868 -- Elmira Opera House, New York 1868 -- Boston, Massachusetts 1869 -- Old Corner Bookstore, Boston 1869 -- Buffalo, New York 1870 -- Quarry Farm, Elmira, New York 1870 -- Washington, D.C. 1870 -- Nook Farm, Hartford, Connecticut 1871 -- London, England 1872-73 -- Quarry Farm, Elmira, New York 1874 -- 351 Farmington Avenue, Nook Farm 1874 -- Hotel Brunswick, Boston, Massachusetts 1877 -- Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, Illinois 1879 -- Colt Mansion, Hartford, Connecticut 1880 -- 351 Farmington Avenue, Nook Farm 1881 -- Vicksburg, Mississippi 1882 -- Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota 1882 -- Charles L. Webster, New York City 1884 -- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 1885 -- Contents note continued: Players Club, Gramercy Park 1888 -- Standard Oil, New York City 1893 -- Nikola Tesla's Laboratory, Fifth Avenue 1894 -- Music Hall, Cleveland, Ohio 1895 -- Yale vs. Princeton Football Game 1900 -- West 10th Street, New York City 1900 -- Wave Hill, Riverdale, New York 1901 -- Hannibal, Missouri 1902 -- Fifth Avenue, New York City 1904 -- Delmonico's, New York City 1905 -- Washington, D.C. 1905 -- Stormfield, Redding, Connecticut 1906 -- Stormfield, Redding, Connecticut 1908 -- Unitarian Church of the Messiah 1909
ISBN:
9781911641070 (hardback)
Dewey class:
973
Language:
English
BRN:
393777
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 973 MAR | Available |