You should read Justin Kaplan's Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain: A Biography,
Touchstone Books; ISBN: 0671748076.  But, Bernard Devoto's Mark Twain's
America can't be beat for a understanding the American cultural and
political history of the Mississippi and the West.

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At 10:40 PM 7/19/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Would someone please suggest a definitive biography dealing with Mr. Clemens
>life history?
>
>Thankyou.
>L. Grant.

Marc Carter
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