Presents a biography on Mark Twain and profiles his childhood in Hannibal, Missouri and the injustices he witnessed during the era of slavery, and his career as an author and includes the Clemens family ancestry and a listing of the books by the author.
Content Note
Introduction : the man and the author -- A heavenly place for a boy : 1835/1847 -- From printer to pilot : 1848/1861 -- Lighting out for the territory : 1861/1869 -- The gilded years : 1870/1889 -- Later years : 1890/1910.