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Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume 1

Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume 1

by Albert Bigelow PAINE (1861 - 1937)

Until recently, this work has been considered the "go-to" bio of Mark Twain. Albert Bigelow Paine (July 10, 1861 – April 9, 1937) was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. This recording of Paine's exhaustive biography covers Twain's personal and literary life in detail, heretofore unapproached. - Summary by John Greenman and Wikipedia


C. RAYMOND, MENTAL TELEGRAPHY, ETC.

CI. CONCLUDING “TOM SAWYER”—MARK TWAIN’s “EDITORS”

CII. "SKETCHES NEW AND OLD”

CIII. "ATLANTIC” DAYS

CIV. MARK TWAIN AND HIS WIFE

I. ANCESTORS

II. THE FORTUNES OF JOHN AND JANE CLEMENS

III. A HUMBLE BIRTHPLACE

INTRODUCTION - VOLUME I, Part 1: 1835-1866

IV. BEGINNING A LONG JOURNEY

IX. SCHOOL-DAYS

L. BACK TO THE TUMULT

LI. THE CORNER-STONE

LII. A COMMISSION TO THE SANDWICH ISLANDS

LIII. ANSON BURLINGAME AND THE “HORNET” DISASTER

LIX. THE FIRST BOOK

LV. HIGHWAY ROBBERY

LVI. BACK TO THE STATES

LVII. OLD FRIENDS AND NEW PLANS

LVIII. A NEW BOOK AND A LECTURE

LX. THE INNOCENTS AT SEA

LXI. THE INNOCENTS ABROAD

LXII. THE RETURN OF THE PILGRIMS

LXIII. IN WASHINGTON—A PUBLISHING PROPOSITION

LXIV. OLIVIA LANGDON

LXIX. A LECTURE TOUR

LXV. A CONTRACT WITH ELISHA BLISS, JR.

LXVI. BACK TO SAN FRANCISCO

LXVII. A VISIT TO ELMIRA

LXVIII. THE REV. “JOE” TWICHELL

LXX. INNOCENTS AT HOME—AND “THE INNOCENTS ABROAD”

LXXI. THE GREAT BOOK OF TRAVEL

LXXII. THE PURCHASE OF A PAPER

LXXIII. THE FIRST MEETING WITH HOWELLS

LXXIV. THE WEDDING-DAY

LXXIX. THE OLD HUMAN STORY

LXXV. AS TO DESTINY

LXXVI. ON THE BUFFALO “EXPRESS”

LXXVII. THE “GALAXY”

LXXVIII. THE PRIMROSE PATH

LXXX. LITERARY PROJECTS

LXXXI. SOME FURTHER LITERARY MATTERS

LXXXII. THE WRITING OF “ROUGHING IT”

LXXXIII. LECTURING DAYS

LXXXIV. "ROUGHING IT”

LXXXIX. PLANNING A NEW HOME

LXXXV. A BIRTH, A DEATH, AND A VOYAGE

LXXXVI. ENGLAND

LXXXVII. THE BOOK THAT WAS NEVER WRITTEN

LXXXVIII. "THE GILDED AGE”

V. THE WAY OF FORTUNE

VI. A NEW HOME

VII. THE LITTLE TOWN OF HANNIBAL

VIII. THE FARM

VOLUME I, Part 2: 1866-1875 LIV. THE LECTURER

X. EARLY VICISSITUDE AND SORROW

XC. A LONG ENGLISH HOLIDAY

XCI. A LONDON LECTURE

XCII. FURTHER LONDON LECTURE TRIUMPHS

XCIII. THE REAL COLONEL SELLERS-GOLDEN DAYS

XCIV. BEGINNING “TOM SAWYER”

XCIX. A TYPEWRITER, AND A JOKE ON ALDRICH

XCV. AN “ATLANTIC” STORY AND A PLAY

XCVI. THE NEW HOME

XCVII. THE WALK TO BOSTON

XCVIII. "OLD TIMES ON THE MISSISSIPPI”

XI. DAYS OF EDUCATION

XII. TOM SAWYER'S BAND

XIII. THE GENTLER SIDE

XIV. THE PASSING OF JOHN CLEMENS

XIX. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF FRANKLIN

XL. “MARK TWAIN”

XLI. THE CREAM OF COMSTOCK HUMOR

XLII REPORTORIAL DAYS

XLIII. ARTEMUS WARD

XLIV. GOVERNOR OF THE “THIRD HOUSE”

XLIX. THE JUMPING FROG

XLV. A COMSTOCK DUEL

XLVI. GETTING SETTLED IN SAN FRANCISCO

XLVII. BOHEMIAN DAYS

XLVIII. THE REFUGE OF THE HILLS

XV. A YOUNG BEN FRANKLIN

XVI. THE TURNING-POINT

XVII. THE HANNIBAL “JOURNAL”

XVIII. THE BEGINNING OF A LITERARY LIFE

XX. KEOKUK DAYS

XXI. SCOTCHMAN NAMED MACFARLANE

XXII. THE OLD CALL OF THE RIVER

XXIII. THE SUPREME SCIENCE

XXIV. THE RIVER CURRICULUM

XXIX. THE END OF PILOTING

XXV. LOVE-MAKING AND ADVENTURE

XXVI. THE TRAGEDY OF THE “PENNSYLVANIA”

XXVII. THE PILOT

XXVIII. PILOTING AND PROPHECY

XXX. THE SOLDIER

XXXI. OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY

XXXII. THE PIONEER

XXXIII. THE PROSPECTOR

XXXIV. TERRITORIAL CHARACTERISTICS

XXXIX. PHILOSOPHY AND POETRY

XXXV. THE MINER

XXXVI. LAST MINING DAYS

XXXVII. THE NEW ESTATE

XXXVIII. ONE OF THE “STAFF”