ThissecondvolumeofMarkTwain’sLiteraryResourcespresentstheevidenceofhowMarkTwain,withonlyafourth-gradeeducation,readhiswaythroughasizableproportionoftheprintedmediainthenineteenthandearlytwentiethcenturies.InanAnnotatedCatalog,thevolumeauthenticatesTwain’sfamiliaritywithsomesixthousandbooks,stories,essays,poems,plays,songs,magazines,andnewspapers.ThecatalogisarrangedfromAtoZ,withitstheentriesmadeaccessiblebymorethantenthousandsubject-titleindexitemsinanaccompanyingReader’sGuide.VolumeOneofMarkTwain’sLiteraryResources,releasedin2019,tracedtheoutlinesofTwain’sextensivereading,recordedhisuseofpubliclibraries,identifiedTwain’sfavorite(andleast-favoriteworks),andincludedaCriticalBibliography.
