Annotated memoirs of ulysses s grant5/9/2023 “Do you know General Grant has actually determined to write his Memoirs and publish them? He said so, to-day, in so many words,” said one. The cloudy night and weak glow of the gaslights made it difficult to figure out their identities, but Clemens could hear what they were saying. Living off book royalties made for precarious finances, which is why Clemens worked the lecture circuit and dabbled in business.Īs he walked home, two men emerged from a building ahead of him, continuing their conversation on the sidewalk. His new novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, would debut in England and Canada in three weeks, and in the United States in February. The 48-year-old former newspaperman had become a household name with The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), The Prince and the Pauper (1881), and Life on the Mississippi (1883). November had brought with it both cold and rain, leaving only a few brave souls on the dark streets.Ĭlemens had appeared as his alter ego, Mark Twain, the mustached writer and raconteur, who could enrapture a crowd as easily as a reader. In late 1884, after delivering an evening lecture at Chickering Hall, Samuel Clemens ventured out into the soggy New York City night.
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