Mark Twain unsanctified newspaper reporter - Caron, James Edward (University of Missouri Press, 2008)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-444) and index
"A fresh perspective on the early years of Samuel Clemens's career as a writer and newspaper reporter. Caron examines Clemens's developing comic voice in his journalism in Nevada and San Francisco, then in the travel letters from Hawaii and letters chronicling his trip from California to New York City"--Provided by publisher