'Who was Mark Twain? On our side of the Atlantic we think of him as the author of a couple of imperishable boys' adventures - those of Tom Sawyer and his uncivilisable friend Huckleberry Finn, the picturesque chronicler of the life on the Mississippi river in the days of the early 19th century. But over there he is a national monument; not only the most famous American author of his time, but perhaps of all time...This exhaustive and enthusiastic biography gives a finely detailed and colourful picture of the rough, tough society of the American South and West before the civil war' DAILY MAIL

About the Author
Ron Powers, a Pulitzer Prize-winning and Emmy Award-winning writer and critic, is the author of ten books and the co-author of two, including the #1 New York Times bestseller FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS (Pimlico).


Book Information
ISBN 9781416525998
Author Ron Powers
Format Paperback
Page Count 736
Imprint Simon & Schuster
Publisher Simon & Schuster