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Mark Twain

by George Williams III · 1986

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This is the account of Mark Twain's early mining days and the beginning of his long literary career.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
journalistsjournalistsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
19th century19th centuryMore like thisLess of thisCaliforniaCaliforniaMore like thisLess of thisNevadaNevadaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 109 pages

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