04-01-2013, 14:27
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Very nice story of the man. A little drawn out at times but I sure learned a lot about the man. America's first stand up comic. Steve Martin meets Garrison Keillor meets Henry James. A master of eloquence with the english language. I think I have only read the two obvious of Mr Clemens work. Shame on me, 15 books out there. I need to do it. But back to this one. Well written with many excerpts from letters and notes from Samuel. The man married into money so he had a leg up shall we say. He loved performing in front of an audience as well as writing. A world traveler who wrote about what he saw. Counted a few presidents as friends plus leaders of other countries. Spent a lot of his life just traveling. Made it rich, lost it all, bankruptcy looming, made it rich again. Everybody loved him. Great story.
Grade - A
next up - Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks

