A Brilliant Streak

A biography of Mark Twain (1835-1910), the celebrated author of such classics as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens on a night that Halley's comet appeared, Twain was such a sickly baby that his parents worried that he would not survive the night. Twain went on to lead an extraordinary life and lived to see the next return of Halley's comet 75 years after his birth. This picture book traces Twain's life up to to the age of 30. Color illustrations accompany the text. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.