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Author:

Lystra, Karen.

Title:

Dangerous intimacy : the untold story of Mark Twain's final years / Karen Lystra.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

xxi, 342 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Twain, Mark,--1835-1910--Last years.
Twain, Mark,--1835-1910--Relations with private secretaries.
Twain, Mark,--1835-1910--Relations with women.
Twain, Mark,--1835-1910--Finance, Personal.
Lyon, Isabel,--1863-1958.
Authors, American--19th century--Biography.
Authors, American--20th century--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-324) and index.

Contents:

1. Mark Twain--Sam's women -- 2. Heartbreak -- 3. Rearranging the household -- 4. Looking for love -- 5. A pact with the devil -- 6. Life in the sanitarium -- 7. Someone to love him and pet him -- 8. A viper to her bosom -- 9. Innocence at home -- 10. Stormfield -- 11. An American Lear -- 12. Illusions of love -- 13. Unraveling -- 14. The exile returns -- 15. Confrontation -- 16. A formidable adversary -- 17. False exoneration -- 18. The funniest joke in the world -- 19. Melting marble with ice -- 20. The end of my autobiography -- How little one may tell.

ISBN:

9780520233232 (cloth : acid-free paper)
0520233239 (cloth : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52948859

LCCN:

2003018999

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OYAX081 -- Boone Campus Library (Boone)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)