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Finally, an expansive, comprehensive analysis of one of Mark Twain's most prescient works. A primary and secondary resource that scholars and, more importantly, classroom teachers can readily access and on which they can rely. This book captures the historical moment, Mark Twain's personal and authorial perspectives, and his crucial attention to language and verisimilitude. Brilliant!"—Jocelyn A. Chadwick, coauthor of Teaching Literature in th...

Finally, an expansive, comprehensive analysis of one of Mark Twain's most prescient works. A primary and secondary resource that scholars and, more importantly, classroom teachers can readily access and on which they can rely. This book captures the historical moment, Mark Twain's personal and authorial perspectives, and his crucial attention to language and verisimilitude. Brilliant!"—Jocelyn A. Chadwick, coauthor of Teaching Literature in th...

From the Mark Twain Project comes a freshly informed look at Twain's controversial Civil War story "The Private History of a Campaign That Failed." Twenty years after Appomattox, Twain published a highly fictionalized account of his two-week stint in the Confederate Army. Ostensibly this told what he did (or, in his own words, why he "didn't do anything") in the war, but the article was criticized as disingenuous, and it did little to address ...

Praise for Volume 1 “It feels like a form of time travel. One moment you’re on horseback in the Hawaiian islands — or recovering from saddle boils with a cigar in your mouth — and the next moment you’re meeting the Viennese maid he called, in a private joke, ‘Wuthering Heights.’ We can hardly wait for Volume 2.”— New York Times “Twain's autobiography, finally available after a century, is a garrulous outpouring—and every word beguiles.”— Wal...

Mark Twain's complete, uncensoredAutobiographywas an instant bestseller when the first volume was published in 2010, on the centennial of the author's death. Published to rave reviews, theAutobiographywas hailed as the capstone of Twain's career. The eagerly-awaited second volume delves deeper into Twain's life, uncovering the many roles he played in his private and public worlds. Filled with his characteristic blend of humor and ire, the narr...

Mark Twain's complete, uncensoredAutobiographywas an instant bestseller when the first volume was published in 2010, on the centennial of the author's death. Published to rave reviews, theAutobiographywas hailed as the capstone of Twain's career. The eagerly-awaited second volume delves deeper into Twain's life, uncovering the many roles he played in his private and public worlds. Filled with his characteristic blend of humor and ire, the narr...

Mark Twain's complete, uncensoredAutobiographywas an instant bestseller when the first volume was published in 2010, on the centennial of the author's death. Published to rave reviews, theAutobiographywas hailed as the capstone of Twain's career. The eagerly-awaited second volume delves deeper into Twain's life, uncovering the many roles he played in his private and public worlds. Filled with his characteristic blend of humor and ire, the narr...

Mark Twain dictated much of this book—now it is a book at last—from a big rumpled bed. Reading it is a bit like climbing in there with him."—Roy Blount, Jr."To say that the editors have done an extremely good job is a little like saying the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel does a good job of keeping the rain off the Pope's head. It is true but it doesn't give even a whiff of the grandeur of the thing."—Robert D. Richardson, author of Emerson: The...

“It doesn’t matter how long Mark Twain’s papers are lost, misplaced or forgotten. What does matter is that someone somewhere sees fit to bring them back. A Family Sketch is just what a sensible doctor might order for a nation like ours that desperately needs Twain more than ever before. The celebrated author who celebrated a lowly California frog shows that he’s wittier and wiser than any TV personality or psychiatrist. Wherever you go this su...

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 thou...

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 thou...

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 thou...

Praise for Volumes 1 and 2 “A garrulous outpouring—and every word beguiles.”—Wall Street Journal “It feels like a form of time travel. One moment you’re on horseback in the Hawaiian islands—or recovering from saddle boils with a cigar in your mouth—and the next moment you’re meeting the Viennese maid he called, in a private joke, ‘Wuthering Heights.’”—New York Times "Contains more of Twain’s ranging, astute, and unfailingly candid portrayals o...

The surprising final chapter of a great American lifeWhen the first volume of Mark Twain's uncensored Autobiography was published in 2010, it was hailed as an essential addition to the shelf of his works and a crucial document for our understanding of the great humorist's life and times. This third and final volume crowns and completes his life's work. Like its companion volumes, it chronicles Twain's inner and outer life through a series of d...

The surprising final chapter of a great American lifeWhen the first volume of Mark Twain's uncensored Autobiography was published in 2010, it was hailed as an essential addition to the shelf of his works and a crucial document for our understanding of the great humorist's life and times. This third and final volume crowns and completes his life's work. Like its companion volumes, it chronicles Twain's inner and outer life through a series of d...

The surprising final chapter of a great American lifeWhen the first volume of Mark Twain's uncensored Autobiography was published in 2010, it was hailed as an essential addition to the shelf of his works and a crucial document for our understanding of the great humorist's life and times. This third and final volume crowns and completes his life's work. Like its companion volumes, it chronicles Twain's inner and outer life through a series of d...