Includes bibliographic references (pages [488]-500) and index.
Contents
Beginnings -- "A heavenly place for a boy" -- "A boy's paradise" -- Education -- The dark hour -- Journeyman printer -- Keokuk days -- Learning the river -- Tragedy on the river -- The pilot -- COnfederate soldier -- Across the plains -- Mining fever -- Sam Clemens/Mark Twain -- Wild oats -- Farewell to Washoe -- Exile -- The jumping frog -- Taste of fame -- "The trouble begins at 8" -- New York debut -- The grand pleasure excursion -- Journey's end -- On the wing -- The siege of Elmira -- Casting anchor.
