This isn’t the longest biography I’ve ever read, but of course I was still daunted by the 1,000+ page count. It turns out, every chapter was worth it. This was such an illuminating portrait of an author I always enjoyed, but about whom I had little background. As it should, the book covered every aspect of Twain's life, from the funny to the complicated. It also made me realize how little of Twain's actual written works I was familiar with and made me want to consume more. This is the kind of biography which will only enlighten anything I read from Mark Twain from now on. I only wish I could share this biography with my mom, who put me onto Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer from a young age.
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