Mark Twain and the Colonel : Samuel L. Clemens, Theodore Roosevelt, and the arrival of a new century
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Mark Twain and the Colonel : Samuel L. Clemens, Theodore Roosevelt, and the arrival of a new century
Rowman & Littlefield, c2012
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-476) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In Mark Twain and the Colonel, Philip McFarland tells the story of the rich years of American history between 1890 and 1910 through the fully engaged involvement of two of its most vital participants. The narrative unfolds in six sections, each focusing on a different aspect of the United States of the early twentieth century that continues to matter to this day: America as an imperialist nation, America as a continental nation, America as a racial nation, America as a corporate nation, America at home, and America striving for peace. In this short span of years, the America of the late nineteenth century will move substantially closer to the America we know today, thanks in part to the influence and actions of Mark Twain and Theodore Roosevelt, two of the most influential figures of the age.
Table of Contents
Part I: War
Chapter 1: Return to America
Chapter 2: Celebrity
Chapter 3: Vice-Presidential Candidate
Chapter 4: Warfare
Chapter 5: Imperialist America
Chapter 6: Anti-Imperialist
Chapter 7: Election Results
Chapter 8: The Strenuous Life
Part II: West
Chapter 9: Rural Upbringing
Chapter 10: Urban Upbringing
Chapter 11: Clemens Goes West
Chapter 12: Grand Tours
Chapter 13: Western Writings
Chapter 14: Continental America
Chapter 15: The Philippines
Chapter 16: Pan-American Exposition
Part III: Race
Chapter 17: Yale Bicentennial
Chapter 18: Racial America
Chapter 19: Back to Hannibal
Chapter 20: Roosevelt and Race
Chapter 21: Livy
Chapter 22: Huckleberry Finn
Chapter 23: Roosevelt and the Philippines
Chapter 24: Placating the South
Part IV: Oil
Chapter 25: The Kanawha
Chapter 26: Corporate America
Chapter 27: Roosevelt as Reformer
Chapter 28: The Gilded Age
Chapter 29: Bankruptcy
Chapter 30: In the White House
Chapter 31: Trustbusting
Chapter 32: Our Life Is Wrecked
Part V: Children
Chapter 33: A Seventieth Birthday
Chapter 34: Susy
Chapter 35: America at Home
Chapter 36: Bully Father
Chapter 37: President in His Own Right
Chapter 38: Global Visions
Chapter 39: Bereft and Adrift
Chapter 40: Young People
Part VI: Peace
Chapter 41: Carnegie
Chapter 42: America at Peace
Chapter 43: Late Pleasures
Chapter 44: TR Steps Down
Chapter 45: Jean
Chapter 46: Funerals
Chapter 47: Bull Moose
Chapter 48: Afterward
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