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Boy it really is an awful lot to have learned about Mark Twain
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Informative. But wow, yeah, Twain was a bit of a creepy creep, eh? Too bad, I used to think highly of him.
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One day this will be named one of the best biographies of all time.
The research was published and produced to let you walk with Mark Twain, through joy and tragedy.
The research was published and produced to let you walk with Mark Twain, through joy and tragedy.
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As all of Chernow’s previous books, this was extensively researched and I learned a lot. That said, I felt much less engaged with this than the others and was even bored at times. Not really sure why, but I know it’s more a personal comment having to do with me and is not reflective of anything missing in the book itself.
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Angelfish chapter jump scare
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<b>MY 1,800 BOOK READ ON GOODREADS!</b>
This being my first Chernow book, I was ready to take a leap into one of his large stories with his latest one being about the legendary man behind “Tom Sawyer” and “Huck Finn”.
We follow the long and detailed history of the man born as Samuel Clemens from his rambunctious childhood that would be the inspiration for his two classics, his love for the Mississippi and writing to his unfortunate times involving near-collapse, losing family and how it would affect him as a writer though his life.
It is just an enormous book with so much to tell about Twain while being so complex, engrossing and very bittersweet. Just so much to learn from his life from childhood to his adult life is richly found that brings vast knowledge to the reader. There are some parts that can get a bit uncomfortable, but it doesn’t deter the book’s somber tone. For me, the later part probably brings more emotion as it centers mainly on the relationships between his daughters and his final years. An incredible look at a man whose works made him larger than life, and one of my favorites of 2025. <b>A (100%/Outstanding)</b>