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The Boys Life of Mark Twain

by Albert Bigelow PAINE (1861 - 1937)

50 - The Machine. Good-by to Hartford. 'Joan' Is Begun

Albert Bigelow Paine was Samuel Langhorne Clemens' (Mark Twain's) biographer. He lived with Twain, collecting ideas and material for a biography, for a few years before Twain's death in 1910. Six years later Paine published this "story of a man who made the world laugh and love him". For those who have read or listened to Mark Twain's works, Paine's work is an invaluable resource to better understand Twain, the stories behind his stories and his life with those he loved and with whom he worked. (Summary by John Greenman)

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Listen next episodes of The Boys Life of Mark Twain:
51 - The Failure of Webster & Co. Around the World. Sorrow , 52 - European Economies , 53 - Mark Twain Pays His Debts , 54 - Return After Exile , 55 - A Prophet at Home , 56 - Honored by Missouri , 57 - The Close of a Beautiful Life , 58 - Mark Twain at Seventy , 59 - Mark Twain Arranges for his Biography , 60 - Working With Mark Twain , 61 - Dictation at Dublin, N.H. , 62 - A New Era of Billiards , 63 - Living With Mark Twain , 64 - A Degree from Oxford , 65 - The Removal to Redding , 66 - Life at Stormfield , 67 - The Death of Jean , 68 - Days in Bermuda , 69 - The Return to Redding , 70 - The Close of a Great Life