Illustrated with a frontispiece, with a few in-text photographs, and with several plates of black and white photographs from. Read more. Add to Cart. Buy Now. Add to Wishlist. Item Price. $ Autobiography of Mark Twain (Volume 1) by Twain, Mark [Samuel L. . The Autobiography of Mark Twain explores the many aspects and anecdotes of Mark Twain’s life, as well as the many people who influenced Twain and his work immensely. He reveals his personal thoughts of the people around him, and the world around him/5(K). The Autobiography of Mark Twain is a memoir by the legendary American author Mark Twain. Dictated to biographer Albert Paine from to , the year of Twain’s death, the book contains lengthy reminiscences and commentary on the author’s life, work, and the society in which he lived.
After years, the long-awaited Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1 has emerged. The author dictated his life story to a stenographer, whose notes and papers have been collected into the first. Mark Twain background This excerpt from Mark Twain's autobiography focuses on a traveling show that visits Twain's small town around These entertainment shows were popular in a time before radio, television, or computers. They featured magic acts, ventriloquists, and mesmerizers (or hypnotists). Hypnotists placed people in. The Autobiography of Mark Twain spans the years from to , a rich period in United States history. Through Twain's characteristic wit and wisdom, readers gain a unique perspective on the Civil War, slavery and race relations, the colonization of the American West, world travel in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and notable.
The year marked the th anniversary of Mark Twain’s death. In celebration of this important milestone and in honor of the cherished tradition of publishing Mark Twain’s works, UC Press published Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1, the first of a projected three-volume edition of the complete, uncensored autobiography. The book became an immediate bestseller and was hailed as the capstone of the life’s work of America’s favorite author. The Autobiography of Mark Twain explores the many aspects and anecdotes of Mark Twain’s life, as well as the many people who influenced Twain and his work immensely. He reveals his personal thoughts of the people around him, and the world around him. The Autobiography of Mark Twain is a memoir by the legendary American author Mark Twain. Dictated to biographer Albert Paine from to , the year of Twain’s death, the book contains lengthy reminiscences and commentary on the author’s life, work, and the society in which he lived.
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