The Paderewski Memoirs

Arts & Photography

Paderewski, Ignace Jan

Lawton, Mary

Music

Da Capo Press

Schumann Heink The Last of the Titans

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Biographies & Memoirs

Kessinger Publishing

The memories of Kate Leary, for thirty years his faithful and devoted servant. ILLUS.THIS TITLE IS CITED AND RECOMMENDED BY:  Catalogue of the Lamont Library, Harvard College.

Lifetime with Mark Twain

Community & Culture

Haskell House Pub Ltd

Literature & Fiction

Literary

A Lifetime With Mark Twain: The Memories Of Katy Leary, For Thirty Years His Faithful And Devoted Servant

Historical

This is a new release of the original 1925 edition.

A Lifetime with Mark Twain: The Memories of Katy Leary, for Thirty Years His Faithful and Devoted Servant

Literary Licensing, LLC

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Schumann-Heink - The Last Of The Titans

Marton Pr

Humor & Entertainment

<p>Twenty-four-year-old Katy Leary was hired by Samuel Clemens (better known as author Mark Twain) and his family in 1880, and for the next 30 years she worked as their seamstress, nursemaid, nanny, and lady's maid. According to Clemens family friend and author Mary Lawton, Leary "seemed so a part of the household ― so vital and yet so unobtrusively a factor in the life of the family." Clemens himself wrote about Katy, "Fidelity, truthfulness, courage, magnanimity, personal dignity, a pole-star for steadiness ― these were her equipment, along with a heart of Irish warmth, [and] quick Irish wit…"<br> When Katy was 70 years old ― after the death of Mark Twain, his wife Olivia, and two of their three daughters, leaving daughter Clara to care for her father's literary estate ― Ms. Leary sat down with Mary Lawton, a lifelong friend of  Clara Clemens, and recounted her experiences with the family. Originally published in 1925, A Lifetime with Mark Twain captures details of the life of an important American figure, told in the unique voice of Katy Leary ― "her funny stories, her quaint sayings, her searching observations of life…"</p>

A Lifetime with Mark Twain (Applewood Books)

Arts & Literature

Applewood Books

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