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Chasing the last laugh : Mark Twain's raucous and redemptive round-the-world comedy tour, Richard Zacks
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- Summary
- "From Richard Zacks, bestselling author of The Pirate Hunter and Island of Vice, a rich and lively account of Mark Twain's late-life adventures abroad. In 1895, at age sixty, Mark Twain was dead broke and miserable--his recent novels had been critical and commercial failures, and he was bankrupted by his inexplicable decision to run a publishing company. His wife made him promise to pay every debt back in full, so Twain embarked on an around-the-world comedy lecture tour that would take him from the dusty small towns of the American West to the faraway lands of India, South Africa, Australia, and beyond. Richard Zacks' rich and entertaining narrative provides a portrait of Twain as a complicated, vibrant individual, and showcases the biting wit and skeptical observation that made him one of the greatest of all American writers. Twain remained abroad for five years, a time of struggle and wild experiences -- and ultimately redemption, as he rediscovered his voice as a writer and humorist, and returned, wiser and celebrated. As he said in his famous reply to an article about his demise, "the report of my death is an exaggeration." Weaving together a trove of sources, including newspaper accounts, correspondence, and unpublished material from Berkeley's ongoing Twain Project, Zacks chronicles a chapter of Twain's life as complex as the author himself, full of foolishness and bad choices, but also humor, self-discovery, and triumph"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 450 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- Joys of self-publishing
- Printing mogul
- Safe eggs and broken eggs
- The trials of Paige and Joan of Arc
- An odd homecoming
- Not enough time to curse
- Twain grilled, Livy burnt
- America: dry run for the world
- Traveling with a volcano
- Separation
- At sea
- Greetings, mate
- Cashing in on the platypus
- Maoriland
- Birthdays and longing
- To India
- Bombay!
- Eyes wide
- Rails, riches and elephants
- Holy cities
- The heart of the British Raj
- Himalayan joy ride
- Mutiny on the Ganges
- Feverish in the Pink City
- Dreams at sea
- Africa
- Reuniting the family
- Alone in London
- Helen Keller
- A London revival
- Charitable schemes
- Joys of payback
- Back in the game
- Homecoming
- Isbn
- 9780385536448
- Link
- 9780385536448.jpg
- Label
- Chasing the last laugh : Mark Twain's raucous and redemptive round-the-world comedy tour
- Title
- Chasing the last laugh
- Title remainder
- Mark Twain's raucous and redemptive round-the-world comedy tour
- Statement of responsibility
- Richard Zacks
- Subject
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- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary
- Biography
- Biographies
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
- PERFORMING ARTS / Comedy
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical
- PERFORMING ARTS -- Comedy
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel
- Biographies
- Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography
- Biographies
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
- 1800-1899
- Travel
- Authors, American
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "From Richard Zacks, bestselling author of The Pirate Hunter and Island of Vice, a rich and lively account of Mark Twain's late-life adventures abroad. In 1895, at age sixty, Mark Twain was dead broke and miserable--his recent novels had been critical and commercial failures, and he was bankrupted by his inexplicable decision to run a publishing company. His wife made him promise to pay every debt back in full, so Twain embarked on an around-the-world comedy lecture tour that would take him from the dusty small towns of the American West to the faraway lands of India, South Africa, Australia, and beyond. Richard Zacks' rich and entertaining narrative provides a portrait of Twain as a complicated, vibrant individual, and showcases the biting wit and skeptical observation that made him one of the greatest of all American writers. Twain remained abroad for five years, a time of struggle and wild experiences -- and ultimately redemption, as he rediscovered his voice as a writer and humorist, and returned, wiser and celebrated. As he said in his famous reply to an article about his demise, "the report of my death is an exaggeration." Weaving together a trove of sources, including newspaper accounts, correspondence, and unpublished material from Berkeley's ongoing Twain Project, Zacks chronicles a chapter of Twain's life as complex as the author himself, full of foolishness and bad choices, but also humor, self-discovery, and triumph"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Zacks, Richard
- Dewey number
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- 818/.409
- B
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS1334
- LC item number
- .Z33 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Twain, Mark
- Twain, Mark
- Authors, American
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- PERFORMING ARTS
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- Authors, American
- Travel
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
- PERFORMING ARTS / Comedy
- Label
- Chasing the last laugh : Mark Twain's raucous and redemptive round-the-world comedy tour, Richard Zacks
- Link
- 9780385536448.jpg
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Joys of self-publishing -- Printing mogul -- Safe eggs and broken eggs -- The trials of Paige and Joan of Arc -- An odd homecoming -- Not enough time to curse -- Twain grilled, Livy burnt -- America: dry run for the world -- Traveling with a volcano -- Separation -- At sea -- Greetings, mate -- Cashing in on the platypus -- Maoriland -- Birthdays and longing -- To India -- Bombay! -- Eyes wide -- Rails, riches and elephants -- Holy cities -- The heart of the British Raj -- Himalayan joy ride -- Mutiny on the Ganges -- Feverish in the Pink City -- Dreams at sea -- Africa -- Reuniting the family -- Alone in London -- Helen Keller -- A London revival -- Charitable schemes -- Joys of payback -- Back in the game -- Homecoming
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 450 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780385536448
- Lccn
- 2015036843
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Note
- Provided through the generosity of The Margaret and William Stobie Library Purchase Fund.
- Other control number
- 40026013175
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)928136807
- (OCoLC)ocn928136807
- Label
- Chasing the last laugh : Mark Twain's raucous and redemptive round-the-world comedy tour, Richard Zacks
- Link
- 9780385536448.jpg
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Joys of self-publishing -- Printing mogul -- Safe eggs and broken eggs -- The trials of Paige and Joan of Arc -- An odd homecoming -- Not enough time to curse -- Twain grilled, Livy burnt -- America: dry run for the world -- Traveling with a volcano -- Separation -- At sea -- Greetings, mate -- Cashing in on the platypus -- Maoriland -- Birthdays and longing -- To India -- Bombay! -- Eyes wide -- Rails, riches and elephants -- Holy cities -- The heart of the British Raj -- Himalayan joy ride -- Mutiny on the Ganges -- Feverish in the Pink City -- Dreams at sea -- Africa -- Reuniting the family -- Alone in London -- Helen Keller -- A London revival -- Charitable schemes -- Joys of payback -- Back in the game -- Homecoming
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 450 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780385536448
- Lccn
- 2015036843
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Note
- Provided through the generosity of The Margaret and William Stobie Library Purchase Fund.
- Other control number
- 40026013175
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)928136807
- (OCoLC)ocn928136807
Subject
- 1800-1899
- Authors, American
- Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- PERFORMING ARTS -- Comedy
- PERFORMING ARTS / Comedy
- Travel
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel
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