the complete and authoritative edition Volume 1 Twain, Mark 1835-1910 creator Smith, Harriet Elinor. Griffin, Benjamin 1968- Fischer, Victor. Goetz, Sharon K. Myrick, Leslie Diane. Frank, Michael B. Goetz, Sharon K. Myrick, Leslie Diane. Bancroft Library text bibliography cau Berkeley University of California Press 2010 2010 9999 monographic eng

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xix, [738] p. : ill. ; 26 cm. The year 2010 marked the 100th 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. This Reader's Edition, a portable paperback in larger type, republishes the text of the hardcover Autobiography in a form that is convenient for the general reader, without the editorial explanatory notes. It includes a brief introduction describing the evolution of Mark Twain's ideas about writing his autobiography, as well as a chronology of his life, brief family biographies, and an excerpt from the forthcoming Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2--a controversial but characteristically humorous attack on Christian doctrine 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 -- Includes bibliographical references (p. 681-712) and index. editor: Harriet Elinor Smith ; associate editors: Benjamin Griffin, Victor Fischer, Michael B. Frank, Sharon K. Goetz, Leslie Myrick. The complete and authoritative edition. Twain, Mark 1835-1910 Authors, American 19th century Biography PS1331 .A2 2010 B 9780520267190 (hc.) 2009047700 DLC 110112 20250716110048.0 472790247