Mark Twain: His Life in Virginia City, Nevada - Softcover

Williams III, George

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9780935174151: Mark Twain: His Life in Virginia City, Nevada

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ISBN 10: 093517415X ISBN 13: 9780935174151

Publisher: Tree by the River Pub, 1986

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This a well documented account of Clemens' twenty-one months as reporter for the Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City, Nevada where Samuel Clemens adopted his pen name, Mark Twain. The text is based on recently discovered Twain letters, some published here for the first time, Twain's first newspaper writings and the recollections of men who worked with Twain in Nevada. While prospecting at Aurora, Clemens wrote a series of humorous letters and mailed them to the Enterprise, the leading West Coast paper. Impressed, editor Joe Goodman offered twenty-six year old Clemens his first full time writing job as a reporter. The job permanently changed Clemens' life and established him in his lifelong career as a serious writer and humorist. In Virginia City, Twain won notoriety as a humorist and character. The young Mark Twain was a fun loving troublemaker who drank too much, invented horrible murder stories and fled town after threatening a rival editor to a duel. 200 pages, index, bibliography, 60 rare photographs, guide maps for travelers. I have written three other books about Twain's life in the West: Mark Twain: His Adventures at Aurora and Mono Lake; Mark Twain and the Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and On the Road with Mark Twain in California and Nevada. Use Book Search to find these titles at amazon. Like to know more about this book? email me a gjw@aol.com

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"Mark Twain, the 'most lovable scamp and nuisance who ever blighted Nevada' has been well captured by George Williams who demonstrates an intimate understanding of Twain and his talented compatriots...lucidly and concisely presents revealing glimpses of Twain with his Enterprise intimates during his formative years in Nevada." -- The Californian

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