Author: Charles Samuel FarrarPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385437040
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
History of Sculpture, Painting,and Architecture. Topical Lessons, with Special References to Valuable Books
Author: Charles Samuel FarrarPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385437040
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
History of Sculpture, Painting,and Architecture
Author: Charles Samuel FarrarPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Mark Twain's Notebooks and Journals, Volume III
Author: Mark TwainPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520033833
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 894
Book Description
Volume III of Mark Twain's notebooks spans the years 1883 to 1891, a period during which Mark Twain's personal fortunes reached their zenith, as he emerged as one of the most successful authors and publishers in American literary history. During these years Life on the Mississippi, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court appeared, revealing the diversity, depth, and vitality of Mark Twain's literary talents. With his speeches, his public performances, and his lecture tour of 1884/1885, he became the most recognizable of national figures. At the same time, Mark Twain's growing fame and prosperity allowed him to plunge deeply into the business world, a sphere not suited to his erratic energies. He created the subscription publish firm of Charles L. Webster & Company, Which published the most profitable book of its time, the Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant. And he became the primary financial support for the ingenious but imperfectible Paige typesetter. Within a few years both the publishing company and the typesetter had taxed Mark Twain's patience, and pocket, beyond endurance. The near bankruptcy of the publishing firm and the debacle of the typesetter scheme finally resulted in 1891 in a drastic decision--to leave the house in Hartford, Connecticut, which had long been the symbol of Mark Twain's rising fortunes and idyllic family life, and move to Europe for an indefinite period in the hope of reducing the family's living expenses. The Clemens family would never return to the Hartford house, and the European stay would lengthen into an almost unbroken nine years of exile. Mark Twain's notebooks permit an intimate view of this turbulent period, whose triumphs were tempered by intimations of financial disaster and personal bitterness.
Author: Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385437059
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
The Dial
Author: Francis Fisher BrownePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Publishers' circular and booksellers' record
Author: The Publishers' Circular and General Record of British and Foreign Literature
Author: Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record of British and Foreign Literature
Author: Catalogue of the Books Relating to Architecture, Construction & Decoration in the Public Library of the City of Boston
Author: Boston Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Catalogue of Books Relating to Architecture, Construction & Decoration
Author: Boston Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description