Lynn Cullen Discusses Twain’s End: The Man Behind the Mask, Part II

November 12, 2015 · by Christina Kaylor | in Author Interviews | tagged 19th Century changes in the lives of American women, Lynn Cullen, Mark Twain and the Damned Human Race, Mark Twain the most popular man in America, Mark Twain's later years, Mark Twain's unfinished manuscripts, Mrs. Poe, Personal tragedies in Mark Twain's life, Samuel Clemens and Helen Keller, Samuel Clemens and his family, Samuel Clemens and his secretary Isabel Lyon, Samuel Clemens vs Mark Twain, Twain's End | 2 Comments

On October 13th, Lynn Cullen launched her ambitious new novel, Twain’s End. It examines the complicated last years of the most popular man in America–Mark Twain–and the even more complex life of Samuel Clemens, the flesh and blood man behind that pseudonymous mask. Yesterday, in the first of this two-part interview, I asked Cullen how her research on this […]

Twain’s End: Samuel Clemens the Man vs. Mark Twain the Legend

November 4, 2015 · by Brenda Lloyd | in Book Reviews | tagged Clara Clemens, Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan, Lynn Cullen, Mark Twain and Helen Keller, Mark Twain and the women in his life, Mark Twain in old age, Mark Twain the most popular man in America, Mark Twain's wit, Sam Clemens riverboat pilot, Samuel Clemens and his family, Samuel Clemens and his secretary Isabel Lyon, Samuel Clemens the artist vs Mark Twain the showman, Samuel Clemens vs Mark Twain, Turn-of-the-Century working women, Twain's End | 6 Comments

In Lynn Cullen’s latest novel, Twain’s End, Samuel Clemens, otherwise known as Mark Twain, comes across as a cantankerous, controlling, capricious, and arrogant old man – at least around those closest to him. What a blow! In his day, he was the most famous man in America because of his stories and his quick wit. […]