Mark Twain and the Colonel : Samuel L. Clemens, Theodore Roosevelt, and the Arrival of a New Century (Paperback)

from ladycato

McFarland juxtaposes the lives of two important men at the turn of the 20th century in this fascinating read. I read in search of more knowledge on Theodore Roosevelt in particular, for research purposes, but the sections on Mark Twain were equally riveting. McFarland did a good job, I think, of ...

from ladycato

McFarland juxtaposes the lives of two important men at the turn of the 20th century in this fascinating read. I read in search of more knowledge on Theodore Roosevelt in particular, for research purposes, but the sections on Mark Twain were equally riveting. McFarland did a good job, I think, of ...

from jacoombs

An interesting idea, badly executed. Through the lives and controversies of two of the most prominent Americans at the turn of the 20th Century, McFarland uses a thematic structure (race, international relations, etc.) to address his subject. The approach is. however, not always justified by his ...