1835-1910

A narrative account of the childhood and youth of nineteenth-century writer Mark Twain. Includes period engravings, newspaper cartoons, and black-and-white photographs.

A guide to reading Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, " which follows the escapades of a young boy living along the Mississippi River before the Civil War, discussing narrative technique, plot, characters and characterization, setting, themes, and symbols.

Surveys the life and works of Mark Twain from his childhood in Missouri to his many careers as a printer, steamboat pilot, miner, inventor, lecturer, newspaper reporter, and writer and includes twenty-one activities for children to make.

Presents a picture book account of the life of Samuel Clemens, describing the childhood and youthful adventures that later shaped his writings when he grew up to become the famous author Mark Twain.

Alice Rose, an irrepressible twelve-year-old, shares adventures with Mark Twain, an outlandish reporter on her father's newspaper in Virginia City, Nevada, during the 1860s.

A biography of the great American author and humorist illustrated with photographs from the period.

Covers the author's eventful life and prolific literary career. Illustrated with lithographs, paintings, photographs, post cards, film stills and souvenir ephemera.

A brief biography of the well-known nineteenth-century author of "Tom Sawyer" and "Huckleberry Finn.".

Presents a biography of American author Mark Twain, discussing his childhood and family, his work as a printer's apprentice, a riverboat pilot, a prospector, and a journalist, and looking at how his experiences provided him with inspiration to write his now classic novels.

A simple biography of Samuel Clemens, who grew up on the Mississippi River and gained literary renown under the name Mark Twain.