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Mark Twain and Me by Dorothy Quick (1961, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Oklahoma Press
ISBN-100806111224
ISBN-139780806111223
eBay Product ID (ePID)1876170
Product Key Features
Book TitleMark Twain and Me
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1961
TopicWomen, Personal Memoirs, American / General
IllustratorYes
GenreLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorDorothy Quick
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight9.9 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN00-265122
Reviews"This may not be the most important book ever published about Mark Twain, but it is certainly the most charming and delightful. It corrects the image of Mark Twain during his last years which many people have in their minds. . . . He was still capable of boundless tenderness, and willing to take any amount of trouble to please a child."-- Edward Wagenknecht , literary critic and author of The Art, Humor, and Humanity of Mark Twain, "Quick . . . successfully sustains the tone of wide-eyed wonder, the sort she experienced as a girl. . . . Interesting for its glimpses of Mark's tastes, temper, and methods of work."-- Library Journal, "Quick . . . successfully sustains the tone of wide-eyed wonder, the sort she experienced as a girl. . . . Interesting for its glimpses of Mark's tastes, temper, and methods of work."-- Library Journal, "Quick includes all the letters she received from her honorary grandfather--enough in itself to make her book a must for every Twain collector."-- New York Times
SynopsisSamuel Langhorne Clemens and Dorothy Quick met aboard the S. S. Minnetonka in 1907. He was seventy-two years old, she almost eleven. The two began a great friendship that would endure until his death some years later., Samuel Langhorne Clemens and Dorothy Quick met aboard the S. S. Minnetonka in 1907. He was seventy-two years old, she almost eleven. The two began a great friendship that would endure until his death some years later. Dorothy became a frequent houseguest of Twain's, both at his Tuxedo Park home, in New York City, and in Redding Connecticut. Her recollections of life in those places dispel the image of Twain as a man bitter and pessimistic in his later years, revealing him instead as warm and fun-loving. Together they read his stories, which she knew well and loved, and he encouraged her to write, forming the "Author's League for Two."
LC Classification NumberPS1332.Q54 1961
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- 27 Jul, 2021
Absorbing read
See the real Mark Twain interacting with a young girl, sort of a substitute grandfather.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
