Mark Twain, a Biography - Volume I, Part 2: 1835-1866
Albert Bigelow Paine
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Belletristik / Hauptwerk vor 1945
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pubOne.info present you this new edition. It was not easy to take up the daily struggle again, but it was necessary. - [Clemens once declared he had been so blue at this period that one morning he put a loaded pistol to his head, but found he lacked courage to pull the trigger. ]- Out of the ruck of possibilities (his brain always thronged with plans) he constructed three or four resolves. The chief of these was the trip around the world; but that lay months ahead, and in the mean time ways and means must be provided. Another intention was to finish the Hornet article, and forward it to Harper's Magazine- a purpose carried immediately into effect. To his delight the article found acceptance, and he looked forward to the day of its publication as the beginning of a real career. He intended to follow it up with a series on the islands, which in due time might result in a book and an income. He had gone so far as to experiment with a dedication for the book- an inscription to his mother, modified later for use in 'The Innocents Abroad'