Historical Guide to Mark Twain

Mark Twain remains to this day one of the most enduring and beloved of America's great writers. Combining cultural criticism with historical scholarship, A Historical Guide to Mark Twain addresses a wide range of topics relevant to Mark Twain's work including religion, commerce, race, gender, social class and imperialism. This volume also contains a introduction, a brief biography, a bibliographic essay, and an illustrated chronology of the author's life and times.