In "Mark Twain and the American West," Joseph Coulombe explores how Mark Twain deliberately manipulated contemporary conceptions of the American West to create and then modify a public image that eventually won worldwide fame. He establishes the central role of the western region in the development of a persona that not only helped redefine American manhood and literary celebrity in the late nineteenth century, but also produced some of the most complex and challenging writings in the American canon.
Coulombe sheds new light on previously underappreciated components of Twain s distinctly...
In "Mark Twain and the American West," Joseph Coulombe explores how Mark Twain deliberately manipulated contemporary conceptions of the American We...
Searching for Jim is the untold story of Sam Clemens and the world of slavery that produced him. Despite Clemens s remarks to the contrary in his autobiography, slavery was very much a part of his life. Dempsey has uncovered a wealth of newspaper accounts and archival material revealing that Clemens s life, from the ages of twelve to seventeen, was intertwined with the lives of the slaves around him.During Sam s earliest years, his father, John Marshall Clemens, had significant interaction with slaves. Newly discovered court records show the senior Clemens in his role as...
Searching for Jim is the untold story of Sam Clemens and the world of slavery that produced him. Despite Clemens s remarks to the contra...
