The gilded age

"A direct and caustic attack on government, politicians, and big business in post-Civil War America.

Main Author:	Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
Other Authors:	Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Series:	Works.
Subjects:	Political corruption > Fiction. Legislators > Fiction. Speculation > Fiction. Businessmen > Fiction. Washington (D.C.) > Fiction. Satire. Political fiction > Washington (D.C.) Romans à clef.

Summary:	"A direct and caustic attack on government, politicians, and big business in post-Civil War America.
Physical Description:	xlii, 574, 51 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Also issued online.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	0195101340 9780195101348 0195090888 9780195090888 0195114035 9780195114034 0195113454 9780195113457
Author Notes:	Mark Twain was born Samuel L. Clemens in Florida, Missouri on November 30, 1835. He worked as a printer, and then became a steamboat pilot. He traveled throughout the West, writing humorous sketches for newspapers. In 1865, he wrote the short story, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, which was very well received. He then began a career as a humorous travel writer and lecturer, publishing The Innocents Abroad in 1869, Roughing It in 1872, and, Gilded Age in 1873, which was co-authored with Charles Dudley Warner. His best-known works are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mississippi Writing: Life on the Mississippi, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He died of a heart attack on April 21, 1910. (Bowker Author Biography)