Spunkwater, Spunkwater!: A Life of Mark Twain Setting

James Playsted Wood
This Study Guide consists of approximately 9 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Spunkwater, Spunkwater!.

Spunkwater, Spunkwater!: A Life of Mark Twain Setting

James Playsted Wood
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Because Mark Twain roamed the world, this biography is set across continents, spanning rivers and oceans as it follows Twain on his travels. Born in 1835, Twain spent most of his boyhood in Hannibal, Missouri, on the Mississippi River, the same river that is the setting for much of his best fiction. He began working as a printer's assistant in Hannibal at the age of twelve; six years later, he left home to become a roving printer, working in Saint Louis, New York, Philadelphia, and Keokuk, Iowa. In 1857 he began an apprenticeship as riverboat pilot, a career that ended when the Civil War broke out in 1861. After a few weeks as a Confederate soldier, he followed his brother, Orion Clemens, west to Nevada. Twain's energetic nature and curiosity made him a rambler; he worked first as a silver miner in Carson City, Nevada, and later as a reporter in...

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