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Autobiography of Mark Twain /

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0520267192

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0520272781

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0520279948

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9780520267190

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9780520272781

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9780520279940

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Title Proper

Autobiography of Mark Twain /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Harriet Elinor Smith, editor ; associate editors, Benjamin Griffin ... [et al.].

Edition Statement

Complete and authoritative edition.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Berkeley :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of California Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2010-2015]

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

3 volumes :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

26 cm.

Series Title

The Mark Twain papers

Text of Note

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

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

v.1. Preliminary manuscripts and dictations, 1870-1905 ; Autobiography of Mark Twain ; Explanatory notes ; Appendixes: Samuel L. Clemens, a brief chronology ; Family biographies ; Speech at the seventieth birthday dinner, 5 December 1905 ; Speech at the Players, 3 January 1906 ; Previous publication -- v. 2. Autobiographical dictations, April-December 1906 ; Autobiographical dictations, January-February 1907 ; Explanatory notes ; Appendixes: Samuel L. Clemens, a brief chronology ; Family biographies ; Previous publication -- v. 3. The Ashcroft-Lyon manuscript ; Explanatory notes ; Appendixes ; Note on the text ; Word division in this volume ; References ; Index.

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Text of Note

"I've struck it!" Mark Twain wrote in a 1904 letter to a friend. "And I will give it away to you. You will never know how much enjoyment you have lost until you get to dictating your autobiography." Thus, after dozens of false starts and hundreds of pages, Twain embarked on his "Final (and Right) Plan" for telling the story of his life. His innovative notion, to "talk only about the thing which interests you for the moment", meant that his thoughts could range freely. The strict instruction that many of these texts remain unpublished for 100 years meant that when they came out, he would be "dead, and unaware, and indifferent," and that he was therefore free to speak his "whole frank mind." The year 2010 marked the 100th anniversary of Twain's death. In celebration of this important milestone this is Mark Twain's uncensored autobiography in its entirety and exactly as he left it. It is told over three volumes and presents Mark Twain's authentic and unsuppressed voice, brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions, and speaking clearly from the grave as he intended. -- From Publisher.

Text of Note

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

General Material Designation

Autobiography

Parallel Title

Mark Twain

Twain, Mark,1835-1910.

Authors, American-- 19th century, Biography.

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Edition

Class number

Book number

Twain, Mark,1835-1910

Griffin, Benjamin,1968-

Smith, Harriet Elinor.

Date of Transaction

20151209110555.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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