Mark Twain : A Biography

Series Foreword ix Preface xi Chronology xiii Chapter 1 Introduction: The Man and the Author 1(4) Chapter 2 A Heavenly Place for a Boy: 1835-1847 5(16) Chapter 3 From Printer to Pilot: 1848-1861 21(18) Chapter 4 Lighting Out for the Territory: 1862-1869 39(18) Chapter 5 The Gilded Years: 1870-1889 57(30) Chapter 6 Later Years: 1890-1910 87(18) Appendixes: A: Clemens Family Tree 105(4) B: Samuel Clemens's Reading 109(8) C: Quotable Twain 117(2) D: Books by Mark Twain 119(4) E: Important Places and Holdings in Mark Twain Studies 123(2) Bibliography 125(10) Index 135