Biographer Ron Powers presents what he calls "interpretive portraiture" of American humorist, essayist and novelist Mark Twain, and makes the case that Twain became the representative figure of his times.

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  • Ron Powers Author of "Dangerous Water: A Biography of the Boy Who Became Mark Twain"

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