Tag: Mark Twain
William T. Vollman on Hopping Trains
by Michael Yessis | 08.20.06 | 7:56 AM ET
In an interview in The Independent, William T. Vollman reveals that he’s working on a book about riding freight trains across the United States. The notoriously on-the-edge author tells Matt Thorne, “It’s really fun to think about the connections with the Beats, rereading Jack Kerouac, but also Jack London and Mark Twain, travelling fast through the country, that solitary, wild American experience.”
A Tale of Two Twains
by Kristin Van Tassel | 07.14.06 | 6:10 AM ET
Kristin Van Tassel considers two recent books about Mark Twain, arguably America's greatest traveler -- and travel writer
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