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Kerley, Barbara

The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy)

(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham. Thirteen-year-old Susy Clemens's biography of her father informs this account covering both biographer and biographee. Kerley details Susy's process of writing about and observing her father, using primary sources and inserting seven small facsimiles of Susy's journal pages into the book. Fotheringham's muted palette and large, sturdy illustrations provide discreet counterpoint to a complicated design. Timeline.

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