The Turning-Point of My Life: An excerpt from What Is Man? and Other Essays

by Mark Twain

Overview

The Turning-Point of My Life was originally published by Mark Twain (albeit anonymously initially) in 1906 as part of the collection of essays known as 'What Is Man?'. It forms the third essay out of a total of fifteen within the original publication. The essay takes meaning from major events during Twain's childhood most notably a deadly measles outbreak within his hometown.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781717395566
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	04/24/2018
Series:	Excerpts from What Is Man? and Other Essays , #3
Pages:	26
Product dimensions:	5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x 0.05(d)

About the Author

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), best known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an author and humorist noted for the novels The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (which has been called "The Great American Novel") and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, among many other books. Twain was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, which later provided the setting for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, and he spent time as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River before finding fame as a writer.

Date of Birth:

November 30, 1835

Date of Death:

April 21, 1910

Place of Birth:

Florida, Missouri

Place of Death:

Redding, Connecticut