Grant and Twain The Story of a Friendship That Changed America by Mark Perry 2004 First Edition Random House history biography books
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This is a near fine (almost like new) hardcover with dust jacket. 2004 First Edition Random House Publishing. This copy is still crisp and clean inside and out. The inside pages are crisp and clean. The binding is tight and straight. Black hardcover boards under jacket are also near fine with barely a hint of shelf wear. The accompanying dust jacket is clean and shiny with only a hint of shelf wear. Octavo book size or 6" x 9" with 294 pages including index.
Grant and Twain by Mark Perry is subtitled The Story of a Friendship That Changed America. In the spring of 1884, Ulysses S. Grant took the advice of Mark Twain and agreed to write his memoirs. Neither realized this decision would profoundly change their lives and the course of American literature. Grant was racing against the spread of cancer and over the next 15 months he and Twain developed a close and intimate relationship. At the same time Grant was writing, Twain was struggling with his great novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This deeply moving narrative reconstructs the months when Grant and Twain inspired each other. Grant desperately wanted to leave his family in financial stability and at the time of beginning the memoirs he was bankrupt. And Twain promised great returns for the rights to edit and publish the memoirs even though his own finances were teetering. The book is moving and inspirational while giving insight to the times and the men.
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