Drugs, a Daughter, and Death: Mark Twain's Final Years BY Laura Skandera Trombley




ALOUD @ Los Angeles Public Library show

Summary: Trombley, the preeminent Twain scholar at work today (and the president of Pitzer College), cracks open the enduring mystery of Mark Twain's final decade to reveal the true story of Isabel Lyon, the "forgotten woman" who haunts the official Twain narrative.