Books in the Mark Twain Papers series

Spanning 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, this title offers a view of this turbulent period, whose triumphs were tempered by intimations of financial disaster and personal bitterness.

Contains 338 letters that document the first two years of the author's loving marriage to Olivia L Langdon. This title recounts a tumultuous time: a growing international fame, the birth of a sickly first child, and the near-fatal illness of his wife.

A volume of Mark Twain's letters, the twenty-fourth in the comprehensive edition known as "The Mark Twain Papers" and "Works of Mark Twain".

Mark Twain's letters for 1874 and 1875 encompass one of his most productive and rewarding periods as author, husband and father, and man of property. This is sixth volume contains 348 of his letters covering this period, all of which have been thoroughly annotated and indexed.

Provides the texts of Twain's writings, both fictional and factual, about the people and places of his home town, Hannibal, Missouri. This title presents details about antebellum Hannibal, its society and its attitudes toward slavery, and to vivid memories about the child, his mother, and his father in the 1840's and 1850's.