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Author: Gary Scharnhorst
Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
Imprint: The University of Alabama Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 22.80cm
Weight: 0.513kg
ISBN: 9780817355395
ISBN 10: 0817355391
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 09 March 2009
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
As Gary Scharnhorst explains in his fine introduction to Mainly the Truth, a collection that reprints about half of the newspaper interviews Twain gave on his many travels, Twain knew 'the power of the press and when and how to talk with reporters.' . . . Even though the interviews assembled by Scharnhorst are no substitute for Twain's mature fiction, they contain useful materials for Twain lovers. Reading them, we hear a careful, pause-rich voice discuss creativity, politics, and human fallability. --Larry T. Shillock for The Bloomsbury Review
Almost like having a portable microphone pinned to Mark Twain's coat lapel. Better than any biography or collection of letters for a glimpse into Twain's REAL opinions about books, personalities, and issues. Persevering reporters repeatedly catch Twain off guard and in exactly the right frame of mind to talk candidly, with deeply revealing results. . . . The most valuable window into Twain's psyche to appear in many, many years. --Alan Gribben
As Gary Scharnhorst explains in his fine introduction to Mainly the Truth , a collection that reprints about half of the newspaper interviews Twain gave on his many travels, Twain knew 'the power of the press and when and how to talk with reporters.' . . . Even though the interviews assembled by Scharnhorst are no substitute for Twain's mature fiction, they contain useful materials for Twain lovers. Reading them, we hear a careful, pause-rich voice discuss creativity, politics, and human fallability. --Larry T. Shillock for The Bloomsbury Review
"As Gary Scharnhorst explains in his fine introduction to Mainly the Truth , a collection that reprints about half of the newspaper interviews Twain gave on his many travels, Twain knew 'the power of the press and when and how to talk with reporters.' . . . Even though the interviews assembled by Scharnhorst are no substitute for Twain's mature fiction, they contain useful materials for Twain lovers. Reading them, we hear a careful, pause-rich voice discuss creativity, politics, and human fallability."--Larry T. Shillock for The Bloomsbury Review
Author Information
Gary Scharnhorst is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of New Mexico. He is the author or editor of over thirty books and editor of the journal American Literary Realism.
