Mark Twain's Civil War

When the Civil War halted steamboat travel on the Mississippi River in 1861, an unemployed riverboat pilot named Samuel Clemens enlisted in the Missouri militia. After two weeks of service, Clemens abandoned his post and fled westward to begin a writing career-a turn of events that precipitated the rise to fame of the man who would become known as Mark Twain. The circumstances surrounding his departure are unclear; some view Twain as a deserter, while others call into question the nature of his

Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 11/09/2007
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.72h x 5.86w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780813124742

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