Preface Note on referencing 1 Mark Twain's life The early life River boating, the Civil War, the West Early success, marriage, the Hartford years Expatriation, financial loss, family tragedy The final years 2 Contexts Samuel Langhorne Clemens and 'Mark Twain' 3 Works Twain's humour Travel and travel writing: Innocents Abroad, A Tramp Abroad, Roughing It, Life on the Mississippi Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn A Connecticut Yankee and Pudd'nhead Wilson 4 Critical reception and the late works Notes Guide to further reading Index
