Until recently, this work has been considered the "go-to" bio of Mark Twain. Albert Bigelow Paine (July 10, 1861 – April 9, 1937) was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. This recording of Paine's exhaustive biography covers Twain's personal and literary life in detail, heretofore unapproached. - Summary by John Greenman and Wikipedia
INTRODUCTION - VOLUME I, Part 1: 1835-1866I. ANCESTORSII. THE FORTUNES OF JOHN AND JANE CLEMENSIII. A HUMBLE BIRTHPLACEIV. BEGINNING A LONG JOURNEYV. THE WAY OF FORTUNEVI. A NEW HOMEVII. THE LITTLE TOWN OF HANNIBALVIII. THE FARMIX. SCHOOL-DAYSX. EARLY VICISSITUDE AND SORROWXI. DAYS OF EDUCATIONXII. TOM SAWYER'S BANDXIII. THE GENTLER SIDEXIV. THE PASSING OF JOHN CLEMENSXV. A YOUNG BEN FRANKLINXVI. THE TURNING-POINTXVII. THE HANNIBAL “JOURNAL”XVIII. THE BEGINNING OF A LITERARY LIFEXIX. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF FRANKLINXX. KEOKUK DAYSXXI. SCOTCHMAN NAMED MACFARLANEXXII. THE OLD CALL OF THE RIVERXXIII. THE SUPREME SCIENCEXXIV. THE RIVER CURRICULUMXXV. LOVE-MAKING AND ADVENTUREXXVI. THE TRAGEDY OF THE “PENNSYLVANIA”XXVII. THE PILOTXXVIII. PILOTING AND PROPHECYXXIX. THE END OF PILOTINGXXX. THE SOLDIERXXXI. OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAYXXXII. THE PIONEERXXXIII. THE PROSPECTORXXXIV. TERRITORIAL CHARACTERISTICSXXXV. THE MINERXXXVI. LAST MINING DAYSXXXVII. THE NEW ESTATEXXXVIII. ONE OF THE “STAFF”XXXIX. PHILOSOPHY AND POETRYXL. “MARK TWAIN”XLI. THE CREAM OF COMSTOCK HUMORXLII REPORTORIAL DAYSXLIII. ARTEMUS WARDXLIV. GOVERNOR OF THE “THIRD HOUSE”XLV. A COMSTOCK DUELXLVI. GETTING SETTLED IN SAN FRANCISCOXLVII. BOHEMIAN DAYSXLVIII. THE REFUGE OF THE HILLSXLIX. THE JUMPING FROGL. BACK TO THE TUMULTLI. THE CORNER-STONELII. A COMMISSION TO THE SANDWICH ISLANDSLIII. ANSON BURLINGAME AND THE “HORNET” DISASTERVOLUME I, Part 2: 1866-1875 LIV. THE LECTURERLV. HIGHWAY ROBBERYLVI. BACK TO THE STATESLVII. OLD FRIENDS AND NEW PLANSLVIII. A NEW BOOK AND A LECTURELIX. THE FIRST BOOKLX. THE INNOCENTS AT SEALXI. THE INNOCENTS ABROADLXII. THE RETURN OF THE PILGRIMSLXIII. IN WASHINGTON—A PUBLISHING PROPOSITIONLXIV. OLIVIA LANGDONLXV. A CONTRACT WITH ELISHA BLISS, JR.LXVI. BACK TO SAN FRANCISCOLXVII. A VISIT TO ELMIRALXVIII. THE REV. “JOE” TWICHELLLXIX. A LECTURE TOURLXX. INNOCENTS AT HOME—AND “THE INNOCENTS ABROAD”LXXI. THE GREAT BOOK OF TRAVELLXXII. THE PURCHASE OF A PAPERLXXIII. THE FIRST MEETING WITH HOWELLSLXXIV. THE WEDDING-DAYLXXV. AS TO DESTINYLXXVI. ON THE BUFFALO “EXPRESS”LXXVII. THE “GALAXY”LXXVIII. THE PRIMROSE PATHLXXIX. THE OLD HUMAN STORYLXXX. LITERARY PROJECTSLXXXI. SOME FURTHER LITERARY MATTERSLXXXII. THE WRITING OF “ROUGHING IT”LXXXIII. LECTURING DAYSLXXXIV. "ROUGHING IT”LXXXV. A BIRTH, A DEATH, AND A VOYAGELXXXVI. ENGLANDLXXXVII. THE BOOK THAT WAS NEVER WRITTENLXXXVIII. "THE GILDED AGE”LXXXIX. PLANNING A NEW HOMEXC. A LONG ENGLISH HOLIDAYXCI. A LONDON LECTUREXCII. FURTHER LONDON LECTURE TRIUMPHSXCIII. THE REAL COLONEL SELLERS-GOLDEN DAYSXCIV. BEGINNING “TOM SAWYER”XCV. AN “ATLANTIC” STORY AND A PLAYXCVI. THE NEW HOMEXCVII. THE WALK TO BOSTONXCVIII. "OLD TIMES ON THE MISSISSIPPI”XCIX. A TYPEWRITER, AND A JOKE ON ALDRICHC. RAYMOND, MENTAL TELEGRAPHY, ETC.CI. CONCLUDING “TOM SAWYER”—MARK TWAIN’s “EDITORS”CII. "SKETCHES NEW AND OLD”CIII. "ATLANTIC” DAYSCIV. MARK TWAIN AND HIS WIFE
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