Grant and Twain

In this deeply moving and meticulously researched book, veteran writer Perry reconstructs the heady months when Ulysses S. Grant and Mark Twain inspired and cajoled each other to create two quintessentially American masterpieces. High school & older.

MARK PERRY, writer, reporter, and foreign policy analyst, has published articles in dozens of magazines and newspapers, including The Nation, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, the Los Angeles Times, and New York Newsday. His critically acclaimed books include Four Stars: The Inside Story of the Forty-Year Battle Between the Joint Chiefs of Staff and America’s Civilian Leaders; Eclipse: The Last Days of the CIA; Fire in Zion: The Israeli-Palestinian Search for Peace; and Lift Up Thy Voice: The Grimke Family’s Journey from Slaveholders to Civil Rights Leaders. Perry lives in Arlington, Virginia.

From the Hardcover edition.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	ix
PROLOGUE: "He Fights"	xiii
GRANT AND TWAIN: A CHRONOLOGY	xxxiii
ONE: A Man with Fire"	3	(32)
TWO: "A Wounded Lion"	35	(29)
THREE: "The Small Room at the Head of the Stairs"	64	(27)
FOUR: "Turn Him Loose!"	91	(30)
FIVE: "They Have Expelled Huck"	121	(28)
SIX: "He Was Just a Man"	149	(28)
SEVEN: "The Composition Is Entirely My Own"	177	(29)
EIGHT: "The Me in Me"	206	(27)
EPILOGUE: "Many a Deep Remorse"	233	(8)
A NOTE ON SOURCES	241	(4)
NOTES	245	(28)
BIBLIOGRAPHY	273	(10)
INDEX	283	(12)
A READER'S GUIDE	295

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