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Mark Twain: A Biography. Complete

Albert Bigelow Paine

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  • Book language: English
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Albert Bigelow Paine's biography of Mark Twain traces the personal and literary life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. This first part covers his ancestry, boyhood in Hannibal, years as a riverboat pilot, western mining and journalism, and the beginnings of his writing as Mark Twain. It offers a detailed portrait of the man and his era.

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MARK TWAIN A BIOGRAPHY
THE PERSONAL AND LITERARY LIFE OF
SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS
BY ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE
VOLUME I, Part 1: 1835-1866
AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT
PREFATORY NOTE
MARK TWAIN—A BIOGRAPHY
I.
ANCESTORS
II.
THE FORTUNES OF JOHN AND JANE CLEMENS
III.
A HUMBLE BIRTHPLACE
IV.
BEGINNING A LONG JOURNEY
V.
THE WAY OF FORTUNE
VI.
A NEW HOME
VII.
THE LITTLE TOWN OF HANNIBAL.
VIII.
THE FARM
IX.
SCHOOL-DAYS
X.
EARLY VICISSITUDE AND SORROW
XI.
DAYS OF EDUCATION
XII.
TOM SAWYER'S BAND
XIII.
THE GENTLER SIDE
XIV.
THE PASSING OF JOHN CLEMENS

XV.
A YOUNG BEN FRANKLIN
XVI.
THE TURNING-POINT
XVII.
THE HANNIBAL “JOURNAL”
XVIII.
THE BEGINNING OF A LITERARY LIFE
XIX.
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF FRANKLIN
XX.
KEOKUK DAYS
XXI.
SCOTCHMAN NAMED MACFARLANE
XXII.
THE OLD CALL OF THE RIVER
XXIII.
THE SUPREME SCIENCE
XXIV.
THE RIVER CURRICULUM
XXV.
LOVE-MAKING AND ADVENTURE
XXVI.
THE TRAGEDY OF THE “PENNSYLVANIA”
XXVII.
THE PILOT
XXVIII.
PILOTING AND PROPHECY
XXIX.
THE END OF PILOTING
XXX.
THE SOLDIER
XXXI.
OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY
XXXII.
THE PIONEER
XXXIII.
THE PROSPECTOR
XXXIV.
TERRITORIAL CHARACTERISTICS
XXXV.
THE MINER
XXXVI.
LAST MINING DAYS
XXXVII.
THE NEW ESTATE
XXXVIII.
ONE OF THE “STAFF”
XXXIX.
PHILOSOPHY AND POETRY
XL.
"MARK TWAIN”
XLI.
THE CREAM OF COMSTOCK HUMOR
XLII.
REPORTORIAL DAYS.
XLIII.
ARTEMUS WARD
XLIV.
GOVERNOR OF THE “THIRD HOUSE”
XLV.
A COMSTOCK DUEL.
XLVI.
GETTING SETTLED IN SAN FRANCISCO
XLVII.
BOHEMIAN DAYS

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Contents

  1. MARK TWAIN A BIOGRAPHY
  2. THE PERSONAL AND LITERARY LIFE OF SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS
  3. VOLUME I. Part 1: 1835-1866
  4. AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT
  5. PREFATORY NOTE
  6. MARK TWAIN—A BIOGRAPHY
  7. I. ANCESTORS
  8. II. THE FORTUNES OF JOHN AND JANE CLEMENS
  9. III. A HUMBLE BIRTHPLACE
  10. IV. BEGINNING A LONG JOURNEY
  11. V. THE WAY OF FORTUNE
  12. VI. A NEW HOME
  13. VII. THE LITTLE TOWN OF HANNIBAL.
  14. VIII. THE FARM
  15. IX. SCHOOL-DAYS
  16. X. EARLY VICISSITUDE AND SORROW
  17. XI. DAYS OF EDUCATION
  18. XII. TOM SAWYER'S BAND
  19. XIII. THE GENTLER SIDE
  20. XIV. THE PASSING OF JOHN CLEMENS
  21. XV. A YOUNG BEN FRANKLIN
  22. XVI. THE TURNING-POINT
  23. XVII. THE HANNIBAL “JOURNAL”
  24. XVIII. THE BEGINNING OF A LITERARY LIFE
  25. XIX. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF FRANKLIN
  26. XX. KEOKUK DAYS
  27. XXI. SCOTCHMAN NAMED MACFARLANE
  28. XXII. THE OLD CALL OF THE RIVER
  29. XXIII. THE SUPREME SCIENCE
  30. XXIV. THE RIVER CURRICULUM

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