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• catalog abstract ""Mark Twain - our nation's greatest writer and a national icon. This provocative account will forever change the way we see him. Philip Ashley Fanning's history of the fractious fraternal relationship between Twain and his older brother, Orion Clemens, reveals that Orion's influence on Twain's life and writing was profound." "From Hannibal, Missouri, in the 1830s to Orion's death in Iowa in 1897, Samuel Clemens perpetually and sometimes obsessively defined himself against his older brother's formidable background - a circumstance Twain masked by treating Orion dismissively in his autobiographical writings and letters. Orion was the chief financial and psychological support for the Clemens family following his father's death in 1847. Orion led the way for his younger brother into printing, journalism, and mine speculation, taking Sam out west with him. It was Orion who served as Sam's first real editor and literary mentor, recognizing and encouraging his younger brother's talents as a writer." "The two had much in common, yet their feelings for one another veered sharply from mutual admiration to mutual disdain and rivalry. Orion was self-effacing, easygoing, humble, and progressive in his politics, while Twain was often ill-tempered, untrusting, and conservative in his views and often portrayed his older brother as a laughingstock and buffoon." "Fanning follows the wavering fortunes of these contentious talents as Twain rose to become a national celebrity and financial success, Orion's finances and self-esteem disintegrated, and Twain's portrayal of his brother became evermore harsh and mocking. Fanning's account - which draws upon extensive archival sources, unpublished letters between the brothers, and the Mark Twain papers at the University of California, Berkeley - stands as both a biography of a fractious fraternal relationship and a work of scholarship that highlights for the first time the degree to which Orion Clemens shaped Twain's psychic and artistic economy."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b12800514.
• catalog created "c2003.".
• catalog date "2003".
• catalog date "c2003.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
• catalog description ""Mark Twain - our nation's greatest writer and a national icon. This provocative account will forever change the way we see him. Philip Ashley Fanning's history of the fractious fraternal relationship between Twain and his older brother, Orion Clemens, reveals that Orion's influence on Twain's life and writing was profound." "From Hannibal, Missouri, in the 1830s to Orion's death in Iowa in 1897, Samuel Clemens perpetually and sometimes obsessively defined himself against his older brother's formidable background - a circumstance Twain masked by treating Orion dismissively in his autobiographical writings and letters. Orion was the chief financial and psychological support for the Clemens family following his father's death in 1847. Orion led the way for his younger brother into printing, journalism, and mine speculation, taking Sam out west with him. ".
• catalog description "Fanning's account - which draws upon extensive archival sources, unpublished letters between the brothers, and the Mark Twain papers at the University of California, Berkeley - stands as both a biography of a fractious fraternal relationship and a work of scholarship that highlights for the first time the degree to which Orion Clemens shaped Twain's psychic and artistic economy."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-258) and index.".
• catalog description "It was Orion who served as Sam's first real editor and literary mentor, recognizing and encouraging his younger brother's talents as a writer." "The two had much in common, yet their feelings for one another veered sharply from mutual admiration to mutual disdain and rivalry. Orion was self-effacing, easygoing, humble, and progressive in his politics, while Twain was often ill-tempered, untrusting, and conservative in his views and often portrayed his older brother as a laughingstock and buffoon." "Fanning follows the wavering fortunes of these contentious talents as Twain rose to become a national celebrity and financial success, Orion's finances and self-esteem disintegrated, and Twain's portrayal of his brother became evermore harsh and mocking. ".
• catalog description "Sam shuns Orion's role model -- John Marshall Clemens's death -- Sam leaves home -- Sam returns -- Sam displaces Orion -- The brothers go West -- Sam confronts Orion's ascendancy -- Orion faces a challenge -- Sam lashes out -- Sam's San Francisco crisis -- The brothers head home -- Sam tests the link -- Orion shows another side -- Orion and the gilded age -- Sam "banishes" Orion -- Orion's excommunication -- Orion's autobiography -- Orion unravels -- Orion's death -- Orion's legacy.".
• catalog extent "xxi, 268 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Mark Twain and Orion Clemens.".
• catalog identifier "0817313109 (cloth : alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Mark Twain and Orion Clemens.".
• catalog isPartOf "Studies in American literary realism and naturalism".
• catalog issued "2003".
• catalog issued "c2003.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press,".
• catalog relation "Mark Twain and Orion Clemens.".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog subject "818/.409 21".
• catalog subject "Authors, American 19th century Biography.".
• catalog subject "Brothers United States Biography.".
• catalog subject "Clemens, Orion, 1825-1897.".
• catalog subject "PS1332 .F26 2003".
• catalog subject "Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 Family.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Sam shuns Orion's role model -- John Marshall Clemens's death -- Sam leaves home -- Sam returns -- Sam displaces Orion -- The brothers go West -- Sam confronts Orion's ascendancy -- Orion faces a challenge -- Sam lashes out -- Sam's San Francisco crisis -- The brothers head home -- Sam tests the link -- Orion shows another side -- Orion and the gilded age -- Sam "banishes" Orion -- Orion's excommunication -- Orion's autobiography -- Orion unravels -- Orion's death -- Orion's legacy.".
• catalog title "Mark Twain and Orion Clemens : brothers, partners, strangers / Philip Ashley Fanning ; foreword by Alan Gribben.".
• catalog type "Biography. fast".
• catalog type "text".