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  1. Dangerous intimacy
    the untold story of Mark Twain's final years
    Author: Lystra, Karen
    Published: 2004
    Publisher:  Univ. of California Press, Berkeley, Calif.

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    ISBN: 0520233239
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    Other subjects: Twain, Mark (1835-1910)
    Scope: XXI, 342 Seiten, Illustrationen
  2. Dangerous intimacy
    the untold story of Mark Twain's final years
    Author: Lystra, Karen
    Published: 2004
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    ISBN: 0520233239
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    Subjects: Authors, American; Authors, American
    Other subjects: Twain 1835-1910; Twain 1835-1910; Twain 1835-1910; Twain 1835-1910; Lyon
    Scope: XXI, 342 S. : Ill.
  3. Dangerous intimacy
    the untold story of Mark Twain's final years
    Author: Lystra, Karen
    Published: 2004
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    ISBN: 0520233239
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    Subjects: Authors, American; Authors, American
    Other subjects: Twain 1835-1910; Twain 1835-1910; Twain 1835-1910; Twain 1835-1910; Lyon; Lyon, Isabel (1863-1958); Twain, Mark (1835-1910)
    Scope: XXI, 342 S., Ill.
  4. Dangerous intimacy
    the untold story of Mark Twain's final years
    Author: Lystra, Karen
    Published: 2004
    Publisher:  University of California Press, Berkeley ; EBSCO Industries, Inc., Birmingham, AL, USA

    The last phase of Mark Twain's life is sadly familiar: Crippled by losses and tragedies, America's greatest humorist sank into a deep and bitter depression. It is also wrong. This book recovers Twain's final years as they really were--lived in the... more

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    The last phase of Mark Twain's life is sadly familiar: Crippled by losses and tragedies, America's greatest humorist sank into a deep and bitter depression. It is also wrong. This book recovers Twain's final years as they really were--lived in the shadow of deception and prejudice, but also in the light of the author's unflagging energy and enthusiasm.

     
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    ISBN: 9780520940376; 0520940377; 1417508345; 9781417508341
    RVK Categories: HT 4705
    Subjects: Authors, American; Authors, American; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; LITERARY CRITICISM; Authors, American; Finance, Personal; Last years of a person's life; Relations with private secretaries; Relations with women
    Other subjects: Twain, Mark (1835-1910)
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 342 Seiten), Illustrationen
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-324) and index
  5. Dangerous intimacy
    the untold story of Mark Twain's final years
    Author: Lystra, Karen
    Published: ©2004
    Publisher:  University of California Press, Berkeley

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    ISBN: 0520940377; 1417508345; 9780520940376; 9781417508341
    RVK Categories: HT 4705
    Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary; LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General; Authors, American; Finance, Personal; Last years of a person's life; Relations with private secretaries; Relations with women; Authors, American; Authors, American
    Other subjects: Twain, Mark / 1835-1910 / Last years / Relations with private secretaries / Relations with women / Finance, Personal; Lyon, Isabel / 1863-1958 / Last years / Relations with private secretaries / Relations with women / Finance, Personal; Lyon, Isabel / 1863-1958; Twain, Mark / 1835-1910; Twain, Mark (1835-1910); Twain, Mark (1835-1910); Twain, Mark (1835-1910); Twain, Mark (1835-1910); Lyon, Isabel (1863-1958); Twain, Mark (1835-1910); Lyon, Isabel (1863-1958)
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 342 pages)
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-324) and index

    1. Mark Twain--Sam's women -- 2. Heartbreak -- 3. Rearranging the household -- 4. Looking for love -- 5. A pact with the devil -- 6. Life in the sanitarium -- 7. Someone to love him and pet him -- 8. A viper to her bosom -- 9. Innocence at home -- 10. Stormfield -- 11. An American Lear -- 12. Illusions of love -- 13. Unraveling -- 14. The exile returns -- 15. Confrontation -- 16. A formidable adversary -- 17. False exoneration -- 18. The funniest joke in the world -- 19. Melting marble with ice -- 20. The end of my autobiography -- How little one may tell
  6. Dangerous Intimacy
    The Untold Story of Mark Twain’s Final Years
    Author: Lystra, Karen
    Published: [2004]; ©2004
    Publisher:  University of California Press, Berkeley, CA

    The last phase of Mark Twain's life is sadly familiar: Crippled by losses and tragedies, America's greatest humorist sank into a deep and bitter depression. It is also wrong. This book recovers Twain's final years as they really were—lived in the... more

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    The last phase of Mark Twain's life is sadly familiar: Crippled by losses and tragedies, America's greatest humorist sank into a deep and bitter depression. It is also wrong. This book recovers Twain's final years as they really were—lived in the shadow of deception and prejudice, but also in the light of the author's unflagging energy and enthusiasm. Dangerous Intimacy relates the story of how, shortly after his wife's death in 1904, Twain basked in the attentions of Isabel Lyon, his flirtatious—and calculating—secretary. Lyon desperately wanted to marry her boss, who was almost thirty years her senior. She managed to exile Twain's youngest daughter, Jean, who had epilepsy. With the help of Twain's assistant, Ralph Ashcroft, who fraudulently acquired power of attorney over the author's finances, Lyon nearly succeeded in assuming complete control over Twain's life and estate. Fortunately, Twain recognized the plot being woven around him just in time. So rife with twists and turns as to defy belief, the story nonetheless comes to undeniable, vibrant life in the letters and diaries of those who witnessed it firsthand: Katy the housekeeper, Jean, Lyon, and others whose own distinctive, perceptive, often amusing voices take us straight into the heart of the Clemens household. Just as Twain extricated himself from the lies, prejudice, and self-delusion that almost turned him into an American Lear, so Karen Lystra liberates the author's last decade from a century of popular misunderstanding. In this gripping book we at last see how, late in life, this American icon discovered a deep kinship with his youngest child and continued to explore the precarious balance of love and pain that is one of the trademarks of his work

     
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  7. Dangerous intimacy
    the untold story of Mark Twain's final years
    Author: Lystra, Karen
    Published: 2004
    Publisher:  University of California Press, Berkeley [u.a.]

    "Dangerous Intimacy tells the story of how, shortly after his wife's death in 1904, Twain enjoyed the attentions of Isabel Lyon, his flirtatious - and calculating - secretary. Lyon desperately wanted to marry her boss, who was almost thirty years her... more

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    "Dangerous Intimacy tells the story of how, shortly after his wife's death in 1904, Twain enjoyed the attentions of Isabel Lyon, his flirtatious - and calculating - secretary. Lyon desperately wanted to marry her boss, who was almost thirty years her senior. She manipulated the household into exiling Jean, Twain's youngest daughter and an epileptic, to a sanitarium. With the help of Twain's assistant, Ralph Ashcroft, who fraudulently acquired power of attorney over the author's finances, Lyon nearly succeeded in assuming complete control over Twain's household and estate. Fortunately, Twain recognized the plot being woven around him in the nick of time. So rife with twists and turns as to defy belief, the story comes to life via the letters and diaries of the participants: Katy the housekeeper, Jean, Lyon, and others whose distinctive, perceptive, often amusing voices take us straight into the heart of the Clemens household." "Just as Twain extricated himself from the lies, prejudice, and self-delusion that almost turned him into an American Lear, so Karen Lystra liberates the author's last decade of life from a century of popular misunderstanding. In this gripping book we at last see how, late in life, this American icon discovered a deep kinship with his youngest child and experienced the interplay of love and pain that is one of the hallmarks of his work."--BOOK JACKET.

     
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  8. Dangerous Intimacy
    The Untold Story of Mark Twain's Final Years
    Author: Lystra, Karen
    Published: [2004]
    Publisher:  University of California Press, Berkeley, CA ; Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin

    The last phase of Mark Twain's life is sadly familiar: Crippled by losses and tragedies, America's greatest humorist sank into a deep and bitter depression. It is also wrong. This book recovers Twain's final years as they really were-lived in the... more

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    The last phase of Mark Twain's life is sadly familiar: Crippled by losses and tragedies, America's greatest humorist sank into a deep and bitter depression. It is also wrong. This book recovers Twain's final years as they really were-lived in the shadow of deception and prejudice, but also in the light of the author's unflagging energy and enthusiasm. Dangerous Intimacy relates the story of how, shortly after his wife's death in 1904, Twain basked in the attentions of Isabel Lyon, his flirtatious-and calculating-secretary. Lyon desperately wanted to marry her boss, who was almost thirty years her senior. She managed to exile Twain's youngest daughter, Jean, who had epilepsy. With the help of Twain's assistant, Ralph Ashcroft, who fraudulently acquired power of attorney over the author's finances, Lyon nearly succeeded in assuming complete control over Twain's life and estate. Fortunately, Twain recognized the plot being woven around him just in time. So rife with twists and turns as to defy belief, the story nonetheless comes to undeniable, vibrant life in the letters and diaries of those who witnessed it firsthand: Katy the housekeeper, Jean, Lyon, and others whose own distinctive, perceptive, often amusing voices take us straight into the heart of the Clemens household. Just as Twain extricated himself from the lies, prejudice, and self-delusion that almost turned him into an American Lear, so Karen Lystra liberates the author's last decade from a century of popular misunderstanding. In this gripping book we at last see how, late in life, this American icon discovered a deep kinship with his youngest child and continued to explore the precarious balance of love and pain that is one of the trademarks of his work.

     
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    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (363 p.)
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  9. Dangerous intimacy
    the untold story of Mark Twain's final years
    Author: Lystra, Karen
    Published: 2004
    Publisher:  University of California Press, Berkeley [u.a.]

    "Dangerous Intimacy tells the story of how, shortly after his wife's death in 1904, Twain enjoyed the attentions of Isabel Lyon, his flirtatious - and calculating - secretary. Lyon desperately wanted to marry her boss, who was almost thirty years her... more

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    "Dangerous Intimacy tells the story of how, shortly after his wife's death in 1904, Twain enjoyed the attentions of Isabel Lyon, his flirtatious - and calculating - secretary. Lyon desperately wanted to marry her boss, who was almost thirty years her senior. She manipulated the household into exiling Jean, Twain's youngest daughter and an epileptic, to a sanitarium. With the help of Twain's assistant, Ralph Ashcroft, who fraudulently acquired power of attorney over the author's finances, Lyon nearly succeeded in assuming complete control over Twain's household and estate. Fortunately, Twain recognized the plot being woven around him in the nick of time. So rife with twists and turns as to defy belief, the story comes to life via the letters and diaries of the participants: Katy the housekeeper, Jean, Lyon, and others whose distinctive, perceptive, often amusing voices take us straight into the heart of the Clemens household." "Just as Twain extricated himself from the lies, prejudice, and self-delusion that almost turned him into an American Lear, so Karen Lystra liberates the author's last decade of life from a century of popular misunderstanding. In this gripping book we at last see how, late in life, this American icon discovered a deep kinship with his youngest child and experienced the interplay of love and pain that is one of the hallmarks of his work."--BOOK JACKET.

     
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  10. Dangerous intimacy
    the untold story of Mark Twain's final years
    Author: Lystra, Karen
    Published: 2004
    Publisher:  Univ. of California Press, Berkeley, Calif. [u.a.]

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
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    ISBN: 0520233239
    RVK Categories: HT 4705
    Subjects: Authors, American; Authors, American
    Other subjects: Twain, Mark; Twain, Mark; Twain, Mark; Twain, Mark; Lyon, Isabel
    Scope: XXI, 342, [16] S, Ill, 24 cm
  11. Dangerous intimacy
    the untold story of Mark Twain's final years
    Author: Lystra, Karen
    Published: 2004
    Publisher:  Univ. of California Press, Berkeley, Calif. [u.a.]

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    Source: Union catalogues
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    ISBN: 9780520250000; 0520250001; 0520233239
    RVK Categories: HT 4705
    Subjects: Authors, American; Authors, American
    Other subjects: Twain 1835-1910; Twain 1835-1910; Twain 1835-1910; Twain 1835-1910; Lyon
    Scope: XXI, 342 S., [8] Bl., Ill., 23 cm
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    Literaturverz. S. 275 - 324
  12. Dangerous intimacy
    the untold story of Mark Twain's final years
    Author: Lystra, Karen
    Published: [2006]
    Publisher:  University of California Press, Berkeley, Calif.

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    ISBN: 0520250001; 9780520250000; 0520233239
    RVK Categories: HT 4705
    Edition: 1. [print.]
    Subjects: Authors, American; Authors, American
    Other subjects: Twain 1835-1910; Twain 1835-1910; Twain 1835-1910; Twain 1835-1910; Lyon 1863-1958
    Scope: XXI, 342 S., Ill., 23cm
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    Includes bibliographical references and index. - Originally published: 2004
  13. Dangerous intimacy
    the untold story of Mark Twain's final years
    Author: Lystra, Karen
    Published: 2004
    Publisher:  Univ. of California Press, Berkeley, Calif. [u.a.]

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    ISBN: 0520233239
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    Subjects: Authors, American; Authors, American
    Other subjects: Twain 1835-1910; Twain 1835-1910; Twain 1835-1910; Twain 1835-1910; Lyon
    Scope: XXI, 342 S., Ill., 23cm
  14. Dangerous Intimacy
    The Untold Story of Mark Twain's Final Years
    Author: Lystra, Karen
    Published: 2004; ©2004
    Publisher:  University of California Press, Berkeley

    The last phase of Mark Twain's life is sadly familiar: Crippled by losses and tragedies, America's greatest humorist sank into a deep and bitter depression. It is also wrong. This book recovers Twain's final years as they really were--lived in the... more

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    The last phase of Mark Twain's life is sadly familiar: Crippled by losses and tragedies, America's greatest humorist sank into a deep and bitter depression. It is also wrong. This book recovers Twain's final years as they really were--lived in the shadow of deception and prejudice, but also in the light of the author's unflagging energy and enthusiasm. Dangerous Intimacy relates the story of how, shortly after his wife's death in 1904, Twain basked in the attentions of Isabel Lyon, his flirtatious--and calculating--secretary. Lyon desperately wanted to marry her boss, who was almost thirty years her senior. She managed to exile Twain's youngest daughter, Jean, who had epilepsy. With the help of Twain's assistant, Ralph Ashcroft, who fraudulently acquired power of attorney over the author's finances, Lyon nearly succeeded in assuming complete control over Twain's life and estate. Fortunately, Twain recognized the plot being woven around him just in time. So rife with twists and turns as to defy belief, the story nonetheless comes to undeniable, vibrant life in the letters and diaries of those who witnessed it firsthand: Katy the housekeeper, Jean, Lyon, and others whose own distinctive, perceptive, often amusing voices take us straight into the heart of the Clemens household. Just as Twain extricated himself from the lies, prejudice, and self-delusion that almost turned him into an American Lear, so Karen Lystra liberates the author's last decade from a century of popular misunderstanding. In this gripping book we at last see how, late in life, this American icon discovered a deep kinship with his youngest child and continued to explore the precarious balance of love and pain that is one of the trademarks of his work. Intro -- Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Names -- 1. Mark Twain-and Sam's Women -- 2. Heartbreak -- 3. Rearranging the Household -- 4. Looking for Love -- 5. A Pact with the Devil -- 6. Life in the Sanitarium -- 7. Someone to Love Him and Pet Him -- 8. A Viper to Her Bosom -- 9. Innocence at Home -- 10. Stormfield -- 11. An American Lear -- 12. Illusions of Love -- 13. Unraveling -- 14. The Exile Returns -- 15. Confrontation -- 16. A Formidable Adversary -- 17. False Exoneration -- 18. The Funniest Joke in the World -- 19. Melting Marble with Ice -- 20. The End of My Autobiography -- Epilogue: How Little One May Tell -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Photo Section.

     
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    ISBN: 9780520940376
    Edition: 1st ed.
    Subjects: Electronic books
    Scope: 1 online resource (382 pages)
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