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Mark Twain [electronic resource] : unsanctified newspaper reporter / James E. Caron.

By: Caron, James Edward, 1952-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Mark Twain and his circle series. Publisher: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2008Description: xiv, 448 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Subject(s): Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Criticism and interpretation | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Knowledge -- Journalism | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Correspondence | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Knowledge -- America | Authors, American -- 19th century -- Correspondence | Humorists, American -- 19th century | Humorists, American -- 19th century -- Biography | United States -- Description and travelGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 818/.409 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Summary: "A fresh perspective on the early years of Samuel Clemens's career as a writer and newspaper reporter. Caron examines Clemens's developing comic voice in his journalism in Nevada and San Francisco, then in the travel letters from Hawaii and letters chronicling his trip from California to New York City"--Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-444) and index.

"A fresh perspective on the early years of Samuel Clemens's career as a writer and newspaper reporter. Caron examines Clemens's developing comic voice in his journalism in Nevada and San Francisco, then in the travel letters from Hawaii and letters chronicling his trip from California to New York City"--Provided by publisher.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.