{"product_id":"9781780239743","title":"Mark Twain","description":"Author: Kevin J. Hayes\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781780239743\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Oct 2018\u003cbr\u003ePages: 208\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSamuel Langhorne Clemens, born on 30 November 1835 in Monroe County, Missouri, was never one to let the facts get in the way of a good story. A natural-born storyteller, Mark Twain freely adapted the incidents of his life and the stories he heard as a youth to embellish his fiction, as well as his travel writing and autobiography. However, this presents a problem to the modern biographer: in accounts of Twain's life, how does one tell what is true, and what is just a colourful yarn?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this new account of a gifted, charismatic character, Kevin J. Hayes reviews Twain's life, from his early journalism to his masterpiece \u003ci\u003eHuckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e, and from the travelogue\u003ci\u003e Life on the Mississippi\u003c\/i\u003e to his final work, the sprawling, episodic \u003ci\u003eMark Twain's Autobiography\u003c\/i\u003e and the public-speaking engagements that took him around the world. Synthesizing new information and sifting through the evidence, \u003ci\u003eMark Twain\u003c\/i\u003e is a fresh, clear-sighted account of a crucial American writer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46852889706654,"sku":"ADS-9781780239743","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781780239743.jpg?v=1779064294","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781780239743","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}