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Filled with first-rate scholarship, never-before-published photos, delightful anecdoetes, and memorable quotes, Michael Shelden's biography of Mark Twain's last years provides a remarkable portrait of the man himself, and the unforgettable era in American letters that he helped to created. Although Mark Twain has long been one of our most beloved literary figures, his final years have been largely misunderstood. Writing ceaselessly and always ready with one of his legendary quips, Twain would risk his fortune, become the willing victim of a lost-at-sea hoax, and pick fights with King Leopold of Belgium and Mary Baker Eddy.