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BOOKS

_Andrew Carnegie_. By David Nasaw. Hardcover. xiv + 878 pages. Penguin
Press, 2006. ISBN: 1594201048. $35. Nasaw's biography of Carnegie includes
a discussion of the friendship between Mark Twain and Andrew Carnegie and
reprints portions of a number of letters that were exchanged between the
two men. BIOGRAPHY.

Amazon webpage for this book is:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1594201048/twainwebmarktwaiA

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_The Ghost at the Table_. By Suzanne Berne. Hardcover. 292 pages. Algonquin
Books of Chapel Hill, 2006. ISBN: 1565123344. $23.95. Berne's story about a
dysfunctional family over a Thanksgiving weekend features a main character
who is a writer working on a book about Mark Twain's daughters. Berne's
novel may best be described as a psychological drama with occasional
references to the Clemens family. FICTION.

Amazon web page for this book is:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1565123344/twainwebmarktwaiA


Barbara Schmidt
Book Review Editor

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