"She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot."
_______ Mark Twain
Chapter LVII, Following the Equator
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Michael Shelden, author of Mark Twain, Man in White: The Grand Adventure of His Final Years (Random House, Jan. 26, 2010)
Buy MARK TWAIN, MAN IN WHITE
Michael Shelden, author of Mark Twain, Man in White: The Grand Adventure of His Final Years (Random House, Jan. 26, 2010)
About Me
- Michael Shelden
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Advance Praise for Mark Twain, Man in White
“A genuine breakthrough in Mark Twain biography. Entirely revises our thinking about Twain’s final years, and does so in eloquent, moving prose that brings every scene into vivid focus.”
—Prof. Alan Gribben, annual reviewer of Mark Twain studies, American Literary Scholarship (Duke University)
"Vivid and immersive, and enormously readable, Man in White seems to me the liveliest and best work of Twain biography in recent memory."--Jon Clinch, author of Finn
"Revisionist . . . . Riveting."--Kirkus Reviews
"Here is a well-researched book for all Twainiacs."--Publishers Weekly
“Marvelous, haunting …A powerful evocation of a man full of vigor, charm, charisma, and above all humor, even in the midst of life’s storms and earthquakes. Shelden weaves it all together masterfully with detective-like curiosity…a cunning critical sensibility and a deep historical and scholarly expertise… A very fine piece of biographical storytelling—and a pleasure to read.”
—Prof. Harold K. Bush, author of Mark Twain and the Spiritual Crisis of His Age
Praise for Michael Shelden’s Previous Biographies:
From Anthony Burgess, author of A Clockwork Orange: “Mr. Shelden . . . deserves high praise not only for factual accuracy, but for the unassuming skill with which the very taste and smell of the period are evoked.”
From Patricia Highsmith, author of The Talented Mr. Ripley: “Brilliant . . . Michael Shelden’s book hasn’t a dull page.”
From the London Mail on Sunday: “Shelden’s prose has the Orwellian virtues of clarity and honesty.”
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