Mark Twain: A Life[马克·吐温：一生]

作者 Ron Powers著
出版社 Simon & Schuster
出版时间 2006年5月
ISBN 9780743249010
定价 154.10

内容简介

SamuelClemens,themanknownasMarkTwain,inventedtheAmericanvoiceandbecameoneofourgreatestcelebrities.Hislifemirroredhiscountry's,ashegrewfromaMississippiRiverboyhoodinthedaysofthefrontier,toaWild-WestjournalistduringtheGoldRush,tobecomethekingoftheeasternestablishmentandaglobalcelebrityasAmericabecameaninternationalpower.Alongtheway,MarkTwainkeenlyobservedthecharactersandvoicesthatfilledthegrowingcountry,andleftusourfirstauthenticallyAmericanliterature.RonPowers'smagnificentbiographyoffersthedefinitivelifeofthefoundingfatherofourculture.

作者简介

RonPowers(born1941)isaPulitzerPrize-winningjournalist,novelist,andnon-fictionwriter.HisfaceincludeWhiteTownDrowsing:JourneystoHannibal,DangerousWater:ABiographyoftheBoyWhoBecameMarkTwain,andMarkTwain:ALife.WithJamesBradley,heco-wrotethe2000#1NewYorkTimesBestsellerFlagsofOurFathers.

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