| Mark Twain & Me First Edition, Edition Contributor(s): Quick, Dorothy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0806111224 ISBN-13: 9780806111223 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press OUR PRICE: $16.78 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1961 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 00265122 |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.5" W x 8.28" (0.72 lbs) 238 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Samuel Langhorne Clemens and Dorothy Quick met aboard the S. S. Minnetonka in 1907. He was seventy-two years old, she almost eleven. The two began a great friendship that would endure until his death some years later. Dorothy became a frequent houseguest of Twain's, both at his Tuxedo Park home, in New York City, and in Redding Connecticut. Her recollections of life in those places dispel the image of Twain as a man bitter and pessimistic in his later years, revealing him instead as warm and fun-loving. Together they read his stories, which she knew well and loved, and he encouraged her to write, forming the "Author's League for Two." |
Contributor Bio(s): Quick, Dorothy: - Dorothy Quick justified Mark Twain's judgment of her by writing many collections of bold and lyrical poetry and several successful mystery novels--fifteen books in all. |
