This work has been considered the "go-to" bio of Mark Twain for over a hundred years. Albert Bigelow Paine (July 10, 1861 – April 9, 1937) was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. These recordings of Paine's exhaustive biography cover Twain's personal and literary life in detail, heretofore, unapproached. The published work is divided into 7 sections, on three separate recordings:
Recording #1 -VOLUME I, Part 1: 1835-1866 -VOLUME I, Part 2: 1866-1875
Recording #2 -VOLUME II, Part 1: 1875-1886 -VOLUME II, Part 2: 1886-1900
Recording #3 (This Recording) -VOLUME III, Part 1: 1900-1907 -VOLUME III, Part 2: 1907-1910 -Appendixes ( John Greenman and Wikipedia with special thanks to Eberhard Schneider, Altlußheim, Germany)
VOLUME III, Part 1: 1900-1907 CCXII. THE RETURN OF THE CONQUERORCCXIII. MARK TWAIN—GENERAL SPOKESMANCCXIV. MARK TWAIN AND THE MISSIONARIESCCXV. SUMMER AT “THE LAIR”CCXVI. RIVERDALE—A YALE DEGREECCXVII. MARK TWAIN IN POLITICSCCXVIII. NEW INTERESTS AND INVESTMENTSCCXIX. YACHTING AND THEOLOGYCCXX. MARK TWAIN AND THE PHILIPPINESCCXXI. THE RETURN OF THE NATIVECCXXII. A PROPHET HONORED IN HIS COUNTRYCCXXIII. AT YORK HARBORCCXXIV. THE SIXTY-SEVENTH BIRTHDAY DINNERCCXXV. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CONTROVERSIESCCXXVI. "WAS IT HEAVEN? OR HELL?”CCXXVII. THE SECOND RIVERDALE WINTERCCXXVIII. PROFFERED HONORSCCXXXIX. THE LAST SUMMER AT ELMIRACCXXX. THE RETURN TO FLORENCECCXXXI. THE CLOSE OF A BEAUTIFUL LIFECCXXXII. THE SAD JOURNEY HOMECCXXXIII. BEGINNING ANOTHER HOMECCXXXIV. LIFE AT 21 FIFTH AVENUECCXXXV. A SUMMER IN NEW HAMPSHIRECCXXXVI. AT PIER 70CCXXXVII. AFTERMATHCCXXXVIII. THE WRITER MEETS MARK TWAINCCXXXIX. WORKING WITH MARK TWAINCCXL. THE DEFINITION OF A GENTLEMANCCXLI. GORKY, HOWELLS, AND MARK TWAINCCXLII. MARK TWAIN’S GOOD-BY TO THE PLATFORMCCXLIII. AN INVESTMENT IN REDDINGCCXLIV. TRAITS AND PHILOSOPHIESCCXLV. IN THE DAY’S ROUNDCCXLVI. THE SECOND SUMMER AT DUBLINCCXLVII. DUBLIN, CONTINUEDCCXLVIII. "WHAT IS MAN?” AND THE AUTOBIOGRAPHYCCXLIX. BILLIARDSCCL. PHILOSOPHY AND PESSIMISMCCLI. A LOBBYING EXPEDITIONCCLII. THEOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONCCLIII. AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLERCCLIV. BILLIARD-ROOM NOTESCCLV. FURTHER PERSONALITIESVOLUME III, Part 2: 1907-1910 - CCLVI. HONORS FROM OXFORDCCLVII. A TRUE ENGLISH WELCOMECCLVIII. DOCTOR OF LITERATURE, OXFORDCCLIX. LONDON SOCIAL HONORSCCLX. MATTERS PSYCHIC AND OTHERWISECCLXI. MINOR EVENTS AND DIVERSIONSCCLXII. FROM MARK TWAIN’s MAIL.CCLXIII. SOME LITERARY LUNCHEONSCCLXIV. "CAPTAIN STORMFIELD” IN PRINTCCLXV. LOTOS CLUB HONORSCCLXVI. A WINTER IN BERMUDACCLXVII. VIEWS AND ADDRESSESCCLXVIII. REDDINGCCLXIX. FIRST DAYS AT STORMFIELDCCLXX. THE ALDRICH MEMORIALCCLXXI. DEATH OF “SAM” MOFFETTCCLXXII. STORMFIELD ADVENTURESCCLXXIII. STORMFIELD PHILOSOPHIESCCLXXIV. CITIZEN AND FARMERCCLXXV. A MANTEL AND A BABY ELEPHANTCCLXXVI. SHAKESPEARE-BACON TALKCCLXXVII. "IS SHAKESPEARE DEAD?”CCLXXVIII. THE DEATH OF HENRY ROGERSCCLXXIX. AN EXTENSION OF COPYRIGHTCCLXXX. A WARNINGCCLXXXI. THE LAST SUMMER AT STORMFIELDCCLXXXII. PERSONAL MEMORANDACCLXXXIII. ASTRONOMY AND DREAMSCCLXXXIV. A LIBRARY CONCERTCCLXXXV. A WEDDING AT STORMFIELDCCLXXXVI. AUTUMN DAYSCCLXXXVII. MARK TWAIN’S READINGCCLXXXVIII. A BERMUDA BIRTHDAYCCLXXXIX. THE DEATH OF JEANCCXC. THE RETURN TO BERMUDACCXCI. LETTERS FROM BERMUDACCXCII. THE VOYAGE HOMECCXCIII. THE RETURN TO THE INVISIBLECCXCIV. THE LAST RITESCCXCV. MARK TWAIN’S RELIGIONCCXCVI. POSTSCRIPTVolume III - APPENDIXES - APPENDIX A - LETTER FROM ORION CLEMENS TO MISS WOOD CONCERNING HENRY CLEMENS (See Chapter xxvi)APPENDIX B - MARK TWAIN’S BURLESQUE OF CAPTAIN ISAIAH SELLERS (See Chapter xxvii)APPENDIX C - I. MARK TWAIN’S EMPIRE CITY HOAX - II. NEWS-GATHERING WITH MARK TWAIN (See Chapter xli)APPENDIX D - FROM MARK TWAIN’S FIRST LECTURE, DELIVERED OCTOBER 2, 1866 - HAWAIIAN IMPORTANCE TO AMERICA - NATIVE PASSION FOR FUNERALS - VIEW FROM HALEAKALA - NOTICE OF MARK TWAIN’S LECTURE - “THE TROUBLE IS OVER” (See Chapter liv)APPENDIX E - FROM “THE JUMPING FROG” BOOK (MARK TWAIN’S FIRST PUBLISHED VOLUME - I. ADVERTISEMENT - II. FROM ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS - III. FROM “A STRANGE DREAM” (Example of Mark Twain’s Early Descriptive Writing) (See Chapters lviii and lix)APPENDIX F - THE INNOCENTS ABROAD (See Chapter lx)APPENDIX G - MARK TWAIN AT THE CORRESPONDENTS CLUB, WASHINGTON (See Chapter lxiii)APPENDIX H - ANNOUNCEMENT FOR LECTURE OF JULY 2, 1868 (See Chapter lxvi)APPENDIX I - MARK TWAIN’S CHAMPIONSHIP OF THOMAS K. BEECHER (See Chapter lxxiv)APPENDIX J - THE INDIGNITY PUT UPON THE REMAINS OF GEORGE HOLLAND BY THE REV. MR. SABINE. (See Chapter lxxvii)APPENDIX K - A SUBSTITUTE FOR RULOFF - HAVE WE A SIDNEY CARTON AMONG US? (See Chapter lxxxii)APPENDIX L - ABOUT LONDON - ADDRESS AT A DINNER GIVEN BY THE SAVAGE CLUB, LONDON, SEPTEMBER 28, 1872. (See Chapter lxxxvii)APPENDIX M - LETTER WRITTEN TO MRS. CLEMENS FROM BOSTON, NOVEMBER, 1874, PROPHESYING A MONARCHY IN SIXTY-ONE YEARS. (See Chapter xcvii)APPENDIX N - MARK TWAIN AND COPYRIGHT - I. PETITION Concerning Copyright (1875) - CIRCULAR TO AMERICAN AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS - II. Communications supposed to have been written by the Tsar of Russia and the Sultan of Turkey to Mark Twain on the subject of International Copyright, about 1890. - III. MARK TWAIN’S LAST SUGGESTION ON COPYRIGHT. (See Chapter cii)APPENDIX O - Speech on John Greenleaf Whittier's birthday (See Chapter cxiv)APPENDIX P - THE ADAM MONUMENT PETITION (See Chapter cxxxiv)APPENDIX Q- GENERAL GRANT’S GRAMMAR (Written in 1886. Delivered at an Army and Navy Club dinner in New York City)APPENDIX R - PARTY ALLEGIANCE. BEING A PORTION OF A PAPER ON “CONSISTENCY,” READ BEFORE THE MONDAY EVENING CLUB IN 1887. (See Chapter clxiii)APPENDIX S - ORIGINAL PREFACE FOR “A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR’S COURT” (See Chapter clxxii)APPENDIX T - A TRIBUTE TO HENRY H. ROGERS (See Chapter cc and earlier)APPENDIX U - FROM MARK TWAIN’S LAST POEM BEGUN AT RIVERDALE, NEW YORK. FINISHED AT YORK HARBOR, MAINE, AUGUST 18, 1902 (See Chapter ccxxiii)APPENDIX V - SELECTIONS FROM AN UNFINISHED BOOK, “3,000 YEARS AMONG THE MICROBES” THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A MICROBE, WHO, IN A FORMER EXISTENCE, HAD BEEN A MAN—HIS PRESENT HABITAT BEING THE ORGANISM OF A TRAMP, BLITZOWSKI. (WRITTEN AT DUBLIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1905) (See Chapter ccxxxv)APPENDIX W - LITTLE BESSIE WOULD ASSIST PROVIDENCE (See Chapter cclxxxii)APPENDIX X - Part One - A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, PUBLISHED AND OTHERWISE—FROM 1851-1859APPENDIX X - Part Two - MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, PUBLISHED AND OTHERWISE—FROM 1860 to 1869APPENDIX X - Part Three - MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, FROM 1870 to 1879APPENDIX X - Part Four - MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, FROM 1880 to 1889APPENDIX X - Part Five - MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, FROM 1890 to 1899APPENDIX X - Part Six - MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, FROM 1900 to 1910
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