| A Family Memoir: The Autobiography of the American Humorist «Max Adeler» Contributor(s): Ketterer, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 082041610X ISBN-13: 9780820416106 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $78.80 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - Foreign Language Study | English As A Second Language - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 91003797 |
| Series: Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, |
| Physical Information: 417 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Charles Heber Clark (1841-1915) was a Philadelphia journalist/author (and eventually a wealthy businessman) who often wrote under the pseudonym -Max Adeler.- A leading figure among the Literary Comedians of the 1870s, his international reputation as a humorist was established by the sucess of his first book, "Out of the Hurly-Burly" in 1874. Clark's autobiography "A Familiy Memoir" - published here for the first time - supplies much needed missing information about his life and career, and is a unique source for those interested in the social, political, and economic history of his era. In addition to providing an introduction and bibliography of Clark's works (and a secondary bibliography), David Ketterer argues in an appendix that Clark/Adeler's -Professor Baffin's Adventures- of 1880 (reproduced in facsimile) inspired Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court."" |