ALS, [18]81 August 31 : to Mr. & Mrs. (Karl) Gerhardt / Elmira, N.Y.

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ALS, [18]81 August 31 : to Mr. & Mrs. (Karl) Gerhardt / Elmira, N.Y.

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This letter provides glimpses into Twain's psyche at the time he was writing HUCK FINN." ... I can't bother over the probable fate of the book I am writing, without burning up time and intellectual fuel which should have gone into the improving of the book itself ... Your work today, dictates what your future shall be."

6 1/2 p. ; 20 x 13.4 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

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Mark Twain (b. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, November 30, 1835, Florida, MO – d. April 21, 1910, Redding, CT) was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885). Twain served an apprenticeship with a printer and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pil...

Gerhardt, Karl.

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