Mark Twain

MR. CLEMENS AND MARK TWAIN: A BIOGRAPHY “Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain: A Biography” is a wonderful narrative about the lives of two men, embodied in one person. Both of these men were vaguely similar, but astoundingly different from one another. As Mark Twain, the person was a literary genius and a bold adventurer who cared little for earthly luxuries. His knack for adventures took him to places such as South America, where he intended …

…treasure so precious that will remain forever. There are very few people who wrote as well as Mark Twain. Kaplan quotes Henry James as saying: “It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.” As a man, Clemens proved to be an average personality; as Twain, he will live forever in the hearts of his readers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Kaplan, Justin. “Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain: A Biography.” Simon and Schuster, New York, 1996.