Grant And Twain: The Story Of An American Friendship

An unusual biography that explores the relationship between Ulysses S. Grant and Samuel Clemens and assesses the literary influence that each had upon the other focuses on three interrelated episodes--Grant's efforts to complete his memoirs before his death, Clemens's struggle to finish Huckleberry Finn, and both men's attempt to understand and explain their era. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.