The Gilded Age Author:Mark Twain "THE GILDED AGE echoes the sounds of its time--the rustle of greenbacks and the hiss of steam, pigs grunting in the village mud, the clang of railroad iron and the boom of blasting charges, the quiet talk of men in committee rooms and bankers' offices. " — From the Introduction by Justin D. Kaplan, the author of Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain, winner... more » of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the National Book Award for Arts and Letters.« less