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The Bohemians : Mark Twain and the San Francisco writers who reinvented American literature
Title:
The Bohemians : Mark Twain and the San Francisco writers who reinvented American literature
Author:
Tarnoff, Ben, author.
Personal Author:
Tarnoff, Ben, author.
Publication Information:
New York, New York : The Penguin Press, 2014.
Physical Description:
319 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary:
Traces the birth of modern America as reflected by the writings of Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Charles Warrant Stoddard, and Ina Coolbrith, placing their achievements and personal lives against a backdrop of the post-Gold Rush era in California.
Language:
English
Contents:
Pioneers -- Bonanza and bust -- Exile.
Personal Subject:
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.

Harte, Bret, 1836-1902.

Stoddard, Charles Warren, 1843-1909.

Coolbrith, Ina D. (Ina Donna), 1841-1928.
Subject Term:
American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.

Authors, American -- Homes and haunts -- California -- San Francisco.

Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781594204739
Format :
Book

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