Contents
Preface
1 Mark Twain Assembled
2 Journalist and Lecturer
3 Turning Point
4 Fumbling, Success, Uncertainty
5 Contracts, Inspirations, Obligations
6 A New Voice
7 Retirement Thwarted
8 Searching
9 The House Burns Down
10 Second Harvest
11 The Humorist as Philosopher
12 Still Writing Till the End
Afterword: Whys and Wherefores
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Illustrations
