About the Author

Gary Scharnhorst is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of New Mexico. Coeditor of the journal "American Literary Realism" and editor every other year of the research annual "American Literary Scholarship," he is the author or editor of eighteen books, most recently "Bret Harte: Opening the American Literary West," selected by the Western Literature Association as the Outstanding Book in Western American Literary Criticism for 2000, and "Interviews with Mark Twain, 1871 1910.""

Reviews

"Twain in His Own Time" is a delicious collection of anecdote and fond, and sometimes not so fond, recollections of Mark Twain. Collectively, these ninety-plus interviews, essays, and reminiscences provide fascinating crosslights on Twain on his character, his craft, his many moods, and his humor. Individually, each selection offers a snapshot of the writer and the man at virtually every stage of his life. The volume will delight Twain scholars, of course, but it should also gratify readers who are simply interested in the man and the company he kept. Tom Quirk, author, "Mark Twain and Human Nature""

Gary Scharnhorst has edited a marvelous volume that presents Mark Twain as his friends knew him, for the good, the genius, and the ugly. The expansive collection begins with a witty and scholarly (in this rare instance not an oxymoron) introduction that serves to beautifully contextualize the life and times and person of Samuel L. Clemens.This volume is an utter necessity for Twain scholars and researchers and will charm and fascinate a general audience. All current and future Twain scholars owe Professor Scharnhorst an enormous debt of gratitude on his accomplishment. Laura Skandera Trombley, author, "Mark Twain s Other Woman: The Hidden Story of His Final Years""

Unlike the modulated tone of formal biography, there is a good deal of spice in these often wonderful stories, conclusions, and judgments about Mark Twain. These memories most fond, some poignant, and a few severe create a fascinating supplement for readers looking to learn more of Twain and his time. Michael J. Kiskis, Leonard Tydings Grant Professor of American Literature, Elmira College"

""Twain in His Own Time" is a delicious collection of anecdote and fond, and sometimes not so fond, recollections of Mark Twain. Collectively, these ninety-plus interviews, essays, and reminiscences provide fascinating crosslights on Twain--on his character, his craft, his many moods, and his humor. Individually, each selection offers a snapshot of the writer and the man at virtually every stage of his life. The volume will delight Twain scholars, of course, but it should also gratify readers who are simply interested in the man and the company he kept."--Tom Quirk, author, "Mark Twain and Human Nature"

"Gary Scharnhorst has edited a marvelous volume that presents Mark Twain as his friends knew him, for the good, the genius, and the ugly. The expansive collection begins with a witty and scholarly (in this rare instance not an oxymoron) introduction that serves to beautifully contextualize the life and times and person of Samuel L. Clemens. This volume is an utter necessity for Twain scholars and researchers and will charm and fascinate a general audience. All current and future Twain scholars owe Professor Scharnhorst an enormous debt of gratitude on his accomplishment."-- Laura Skandera Trombley, author, "Mark Twain's Other Woman: The Hidden Story of His Final Years"

"Unlike the modulated tone of formal biography, there is a good deal of spice in these often wonderful stories, conclusions, and judgments about Mark Twain. These memories--most fond, some poignant, and a few severe--create a fascinating supplement for readers looking to learn more of Twain and his time."--Michael J. Kiskis, Leonard Tydings Grant Professor of American Literature, Elmira College