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. Marc Carter [log in to unmask] 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 [log in to unmask]