Autobiography of Mark Twain. Volume 1 /

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.

Autobiography of Mark Twain. Volume 1 / Harriet Elinor Smith, editor ; associate editors: Benjamin Griffin, Victor Fischer, Michael B. Frank, Sharon K. Goetz, Leslie Myrick. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010. - xix, 736 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 26 cm. - The Mark Twain papers . - Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Mark Twain papers. .

"A publication of the Mark Twain Project of the Bancroft Library."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 669-712) and index.

Vol. I: Preliminary manuscripts and dictations, 1870-1905 -- Autobiographical dictations, January-March 1906 -- Family biographies -- Speech at the seventieth birthday dinner, 5 December 1905 -- Speech at the Players, 3 January 1906.

Presents Mark Twain's authentic and unsuppressed voice, brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions, and speaking clearly from the grave as he intended.

9780520267190 (hc. : cloth : alk. paper) 0520267192 (hc. : cloth : alk. paper)

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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.


Authors, American--19th century--Biography.

PS 1331 / .A2 2010