Lighting out for the territory
Acclaimed literary biographer Roy Morris carefully sorts fact from fiction to tell the story of a young genius finding his voice in the ramshackle mining camps, boomtowns, and newspaper offices of the wild and woolly West, while the Civil War rages half a continent away.
Homes and hauntsDescription and travelIntellectual lifeTravelIn literatureAmerican AuthorsTwain, mark, 1835-1910Authors, americanWest (u.s.), description and travelWest (u.s.), in literatureUnited states, intellectual life