Using authentic locations, quotations, and re-enactments, this biography provides a background to the study of the work of Mark Twain. The variety and color of Twain’s boyhood on the Mississippi are shown to be a source of his major writings; his other works, as well, are seen to reflect the rich and zestful life of this journalist, yarnspinner and humourist.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
006774
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Literature - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
History → Historical re-enactments
Literature → American literature
Literature → American literature - History and criticism
Literature → Authors - Biography
Literature → Authors, American
Literature → Literature - Study and teaching
Literature → Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)