Reviews
"This is a wonderful example of a new kind of book. It is written by a widely respected scholar, so you can trust its accuracy, and it is written so well that you will find yourself unwilling to put it down. Loving gives us Twain at high tide; this is a vivid, fresh portrait of one of the central writers of America, very skillfully done. Loving shows us why we never tire of Mark Twain." -Robert D. Richardson, author of William James: In the Maelstrom of American Modernism, winner of the Bancroft Prize,, "The veracity of 'The Private History of a Campaign That Failed' and how its composition reflected or changed Samuel Clemens's outlook on life as expressed through his subsequent literature will continue to be debated among scholars. Loving's study focuses on the broader picture of America in the shadow of the Civil War and how Samuel Clemens stepped out of it to deliver his own story."--Mark Twain Forum, The veracity of 'The Private History of a Campaign That Failed' and how its composition reflected or changed Samuel Clemens's outlook on life as expressed through his subsequent literature will continue to be debated among scholars. Loving's study focuses on the broader picture of America in the shadow of the Civil War and how Samuel Clemens stepped out of it to deliver his own story., "The author of a major Mark Twain biography returns here with a true masterstroke-a searching analysis of one pivotal year in his subject's life."-Alan Gribben, author of Mark Twain's Library, "Confederate Bushwhacker . . . captures a moment in which American collective memory of the Civil War started to show cracks in its proverbial armor." - The Historian, This book provides some interesting information about Twain's life in 1885 and should be read by any scholar studying Mark Twain., Confederate Bushwhacker . . . captures a moment in which American collective memory of the Civil War started to show cracks in its proverbial armor., "This book provides some interesting information about Twain's life in 1885 and should be read by any scholar studying Mark Twain."- -The Journal of Southern History, "This is a wonderful example of a new kind of book. It is written by a widely respected scholar, so you can trust its accuracy, and it is written so well that you will find yourself unwilling to put it down. Loving gives us Twain at high tide; this is a vivid, fresh portrait of one of the central writers of America, very skillfully done. Loving shows us why we never tire of Mark Twain." -Robert D. Richardson, author of William James: In the Maelstrom of American Modernism, winner of the Bancroft Prize, "Jerome Loving considers America's most beloved literary figure from a fresh, revealing viewpoint. [His] distinctive treatment brings back the richest of days in the life of a mercurial genius."-Philip McFarland, author of Mark Twain and the Colonel, The author of a major Mark Twain biography returns here with a true masterstroke-a searching analysis of one pivotal year in his subject's life., "The veracity of 'The Private History of a Campaign That Failed' and how its composition reflected or changed Samuel Clemens's outlook on life as expressed through his subsequent literature will continue to be debated among scholars. Loving's study focuses on the broader picture of America in the shadow of the Civil War and how Samuel Clemens stepped out of it to deliver his own story."- Mark Twain Forum, "This book provides some interesting information about Twain's life in 1885 and should be read by any scholar studying Mark Twain."- The Journal of Southern History, "This book provides some interesting information about Twain's life in 1885 and should be read by any scholar studying Mark Twain."--The Journal of Southern History, "The author of a major Mark Twain biography returns here with a true masterstroke-a searching analysis of one pivotal year in his subject's life."-Alan Gribben, author of Mark Twain's Library,, "The veracity of 'The Private History of a Campaign That Failed' and how its composition reflected or changed Samuel Clemens's outlook on life as expressed through his subsequent literature will continue to be debated among scholars. Loving's study focuses on the broader picture of America in the shadow of the Civil War and how Samuel Clemens stepped out of it to deliver his own story."-Mark Twain Forum
