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"Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835, under Halley's Comet, the rambunctious Twain was an early teller of tall tales. He left his home in Missouri at an early age, piloted steamboats on the Mississippi, and arrived in the Nevada Territory during the silver-mining boom. Before long, he had accepted a job at the local newspaper, where he barged into vigorous discourse and debate, hoaxes and hijinks. After moving to San Francisco, he published stories...

Roughing It is a series of sketches and essays about Twain's time spent in the American west and the colorful characters he met along the way.

A biography of Samuel Clemens which traces not only the childhood which so greatly influenced his writing, but also his marriage and family life, his travels, and his career as a famous author.

"I've struck it!" Mark Twain wrote in a 1904 letter to a friend. "And I will give it away to you. You will never know how much enjoyment you have lost until you get to dictating your autobiography." Thus, after dozens of false starts and hundreds of pages, Twain embarked on his "Final (and Right) Plan" for telling the story of his life. His innovative notion -- to "talk only about the thing which interests you for the moment"--Meant that his thoughts...

"Born Samuel Langhorn Clemens, Mark Twain was a humorist and author considered by many to be one of the defining voices in American literature. Twain is responsible for such works as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn."--Publisher.