
Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume 1
Albert Bigelow Paine
1912
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The first volume of Albert Bigelow Paine's authorized life of Mark Twain, drawn from close friendship with the great humorist in his final years. It traces Samuel Clemens from a Missouri boyhood toward literary fame. A rich, definitive biography for anyone who loves Twain and nineteenth-century America.
105 chapters
- 1INTRODUCTION - VOLUME I, Part 1: 1835-18664m
- 2I. ANCESTORS8m
- 3II. THE FORTUNES OF JOHN AND JANE CLEMENS10m
- 4III. A HUMBLE BIRTHPLACE9m
- 5IV. BEGINNING A LONG JOURNEY11m
- 6V. THE WAY OF FORTUNE5m
- 7VI. A NEW HOME7m
- 8VII. THE LITTLE TOWN OF HANNIBAL11m
- 9VIII. THE FARM9m
- 10IX. SCHOOL-DAYS12m
- 11X. EARLY VICISSITUDE AND SORROW11m
- 12XI. DAYS OF EDUCATION22m
- 13XII. TOM SAWYER'S BAND23m
- 14XIII. THE GENTLER SIDE9m
- 15XIV. THE PASSING OF JOHN CLEMENS4m
- 16XV. A YOUNG BEN FRANKLIN15m
- 17XVI. THE TURNING-POINT5m
- 18XVII. THE HANNIBAL “JOURNAL”11m
- 19XVIII. THE BEGINNING OF A LITERARY LIFE11m
- 20XIX. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF FRANKLIN24m
- 21XX. KEOKUK DAYS21m
- 22XXI. SCOTCHMAN NAMED MACFARLANE9m
- 23XXII. THE OLD CALL OF THE RIVER10m
- 24XXIII. THE SUPREME SCIENCE17m
- 25XXIV. THE RIVER CURRICULUM11m
- 26XXV. LOVE-MAKING AND ADVENTURE16m
- 27XXVI. THE TRAGEDY OF THE “PENNSYLVANIA”14m
- 28XXVII. THE PILOT15m
- 29XXVIII. PILOTING AND PROPHECY26m
- 30XXIX. THE END OF PILOTING6m
- 31XXX. THE SOLDIER14m
- 32XXXI. OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY8m
- 33XXXII. THE PIONEER19m
- 34XXXIII. THE PROSPECTOR13m
- 35XXXIV. TERRITORIAL CHARACTERISTICS13m
- 36XXXV. THE MINER19m
- 37XXXVI. LAST MINING DAYS11m
- 38XXXVII. THE NEW ESTATE11m
- 39XXXVIII. ONE OF THE “STAFF”15m
- 40XXXIX. PHILOSOPHY AND POETRY6m
- 41XL. “MARK TWAIN”10m
- 42XLI. THE CREAM OF COMSTOCK HUMOR18m
- 43XLII REPORTORIAL DAYS14m
- 44XLIII. ARTEMUS WARD11m
- 45XLIV. GOVERNOR OF THE “THIRD HOUSE”14m
- 46XLV. A COMSTOCK DUEL9m
- 47XLVI. GETTING SETTLED IN SAN FRANCISCO9m
- 48XLVII. BOHEMIAN DAYS15m
- 49XLVIII. THE REFUGE OF THE HILLS13m
- 50XLIX. THE JUMPING FROG9m
- 51L. BACK TO THE TUMULT6m
- 52LI. THE CORNER-STONE9m
- 53LII. A COMMISSION TO THE SANDWICH ISLANDS10m
- 54LIII. ANSON BURLINGAME AND THE “HORNET” DISASTER13m
- 55VOLUME I, Part 2: 1866-1875 LIV. THE LECTURER11m
- 56LV. HIGHWAY ROBBERY15m
- 57LVI. BACK TO THE STATES9m
- 58LVII. OLD FRIENDS AND NEW PLANS8m
- 59LVIII. A NEW BOOK AND A LECTURE15m
- 60LIX. THE FIRST BOOK14m
- 61LX. THE INNOCENTS AT SEA17m
- 62LXI. THE INNOCENTS ABROAD18m
- 63LXII. THE RETURN OF THE PILGRIMS18m
- 64LXIII. IN WASHINGTON—A PUBLISHING PROPOSITION16m
- 65LXIV. OLIVIA LANGDON9m
- 66LXV. A CONTRACT WITH ELISHA BLISS, JR.13m
- 67LXVI. BACK TO SAN FRANCISCO11m
- 68LXVII. A VISIT TO ELMIRA6m
- 69LXVIII. THE REV. “JOE” TWICHELL7m
- 70LXIX. A LECTURE TOUR8m
- 71LXX. INNOCENTS AT HOME—AND “THE INNOCENTS ABROAD”12m
- 72LXXI. THE GREAT BOOK OF TRAVEL7m
- 73LXXII. THE PURCHASE OF A PAPER11m
- 74LXXIII. THE FIRST MEETING WITH HOWELLS4m
- 75LXXIV. THE WEDDING-DAY14m
- 76LXXV. AS TO DESTINY2m
- 77LXXVI. ON THE BUFFALO “EXPRESS”12m
- 78LXXVII. THE “GALAXY”14m
- 79LXXVIII. THE PRIMROSE PATH14m
- 80LXXIX. THE OLD HUMAN STORY11m
- 81LXXX. LITERARY PROJECTS17m
- 82LXXXI. SOME FURTHER LITERARY MATTERS15m
- 83LXXXII. THE WRITING OF “ROUGHING IT”21m
- 84LXXXIII. LECTURING DAYS21m
- 85LXXXIV. "ROUGHING IT”10m
- 86LXXXV. A BIRTH, A DEATH, AND A VOYAGE10m
- 87LXXXVI. ENGLAND9m
- 88LXXXVII. THE BOOK THAT WAS NEVER WRITTEN26m
- 89LXXXVIII. "THE GILDED AGE”14m
- 90LXXXIX. PLANNING A NEW HOME4m
- 91XC. A LONG ENGLISH HOLIDAY21m
- 92XCI. A LONDON LECTURE11m
- 93XCII. FURTHER LONDON LECTURE TRIUMPHS14m
- 94XCIII. THE REAL COLONEL SELLERS-GOLDEN DAYS9m
- 95XCIV. BEGINNING “TOM SAWYER”21m
- 96XCV. AN “ATLANTIC” STORY AND A PLAY15m
- 97XCVI. THE NEW HOME13m
- 98XCVII. THE WALK TO BOSTON10m
- 99XCVIII. "OLD TIMES ON THE MISSISSIPPI”9m
- 100XCIX. A TYPEWRITER, AND A JOKE ON ALDRICH10m
- 101C. RAYMOND, MENTAL TELEGRAPHY, ETC.20m
- 102CI. CONCLUDING “TOM SAWYER”—MARK TWAIN’s “EDITORS”7m
- 103CII. "SKETCHES NEW AND OLD”9m
- 104CIII. "ATLANTIC” DAYS8m
- 105CIV. MARK TWAIN AND HIS WIFE13m
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