Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume 1

Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography, Humor, Social Science (culture & Anthropology)

Number of Chapters: 105

Length: 21 hours and 30 minutes

Language: English

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: 1835-1866 (John Greenman)

I. ANCESTORS (John Greenman)

II. THE FORTUNES OF JOHN AND JANE CLEMENS (John Greenman)

III. A HUMBLE BIRTHPLACE (John Greenman)

IV. BEGINNING A LONG JOURNEY (John Greenman)

V. THE WAY OF FORTUNE (John Greenman)

VI. A NEW HOME (John Greenman)

VII. THE LITTLE TOWN OF HANNIBAL (John Greenman)

VIII. THE FARM (John Greenman)

IX. SCHOOL-DAYS (John Greenman)

X. EARLY VICISSITUDE AND SORROW (John Greenman)

XI. DAYS OF EDUCATION (John Greenman)

XII. TOM SAWYER'S BAND (John Greenman)

XIII. THE GENTLER SIDE (John Greenman)

XIV. THE PASSING OF JOHN CLEMENS (John Greenman)

XV. A YOUNG BEN FRANKLIN (John Greenman)

XVI. THE TURNING-POINT (John Greenman)

XVII. THE HANNIBAL “JOURNAL” (John Greenman)

XVIII. THE BEGINNING OF A LITERARY LIFE (John Greenman)

XIX. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF FRANKLIN (John Greenman)

XX. KEOKUK DAYS (John Greenman)

XXI. SCOTCHMAN NAMED MACFARLANE (John Greenman)

XXII. THE OLD CALL OF THE RIVER (John Greenman)

XXIII. THE SUPREME SCIENCE (John Greenman)

XXIV. THE RIVER CURRICULUM (John Greenman)

XXV. LOVE-MAKING AND ADVENTURE (John Greenman)

XXVI. THE TRAGEDY OF THE “PENNSYLVANIA” (John Greenman)

XXVII. THE PILOT (John Greenman)

XXVIII. PILOTING AND PROPHECY (John Greenman)

XXIX. THE END OF PILOTING (John Greenman)

XXX. THE SOLDIER (John Greenman)

XXXI. OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY (John Greenman)

XXXII. THE PIONEER (John Greenman)

XXXIII. THE PROSPECTOR (John Greenman)

XXXIV. TERRITORIAL CHARACTERISTICS (John Greenman)

XXXV. THE MINER (John Greenman)

XXXVI. LAST MINING DAYS (John Greenman)

XXXVII. THE NEW ESTATE (John Greenman)

XXXVIII. ONE OF THE “STAFF” (John Greenman)

XXXIX. PHILOSOPHY AND POETRY (John Greenman)

XL. “MARK TWAIN” (John Greenman)

XLI. THE CREAM OF COMSTOCK HUMOR (John Greenman)

XLII REPORTORIAL DAYS (John Greenman)

XLIII. ARTEMUS WARD (John Greenman)

XLIV. GOVERNOR OF THE “THIRD HOUSE” (John Greenman)

XLV. A COMSTOCK DUEL (John Greenman)

XLVI. GETTING SETTLED IN SAN FRANCISCO (John Greenman)

XLVII. BOHEMIAN DAYS (John Greenman)

XLVIII. THE REFUGE OF THE HILLS (John Greenman)

XLIX. THE JUMPING FROG (John Greenman)

L. BACK TO THE TUMULT (John Greenman)

LI. THE CORNER-STONE (John Greenman)

LII. A COMMISSION TO THE SANDWICH ISLANDS (John Greenman)

LIII. ANSON BURLINGAME AND THE “HORNET” DISASTER (John Greenman)

VOLUME I, Part 2: 1866-1875 LIV. THE LECTURER (John Greenman)

LV. HIGHWAY ROBBERY (John Greenman)

LVI. BACK TO THE STATES (John Greenman)

LVII. OLD FRIENDS AND NEW PLANS (John Greenman)

LVIII. A NEW BOOK AND A LECTURE (John Greenman)

LIX. THE FIRST BOOK (John Greenman)

LX. THE INNOCENTS AT SEA (John Greenman)

LXI. THE INNOCENTS ABROAD (John Greenman)

LXII. THE RETURN OF THE PILGRIMS (John Greenman)

LXIII. IN WASHINGTON—A PUBLISHING PROPOSITION (John Greenman)

LXIV. OLIVIA LANGDON (John Greenman)

LXV. A CONTRACT WITH ELISHA BLISS, JR. (John Greenman)

LXVI. BACK TO SAN FRANCISCO (John Greenman)

LXVII. A VISIT TO ELMIRA (John Greenman)

LXVIII. THE REV. “JOE” TWICHELL (John Greenman)

LXIX. A LECTURE TOUR (John Greenman)

LXX. INNOCENTS AT HOME—AND “THE INNOCENTS ABROAD” (John Greenman)

LXXI. THE GREAT BOOK OF TRAVEL (John Greenman)

LXXII. THE PURCHASE OF A PAPER (John Greenman)

LXXIII. THE FIRST MEETING WITH HOWELLS (John Greenman)

LXXIV. THE WEDDING-DAY (John Greenman)

LXXV. AS TO DESTINY (John Greenman)

LXXVI. ON THE BUFFALO “EXPRESS” (John Greenman)

LXXVII. THE “GALAXY” (John Greenman)

LXXVIII. THE PRIMROSE PATH (John Greenman)

LXXIX. THE OLD HUMAN STORY (John Greenman)

LXXX. LITERARY PROJECTS (John Greenman)

LXXXI. SOME FURTHER LITERARY MATTERS (John Greenman)

LXXXII. THE WRITING OF “ROUGHING IT” (John Greenman)

LXXXIII. LECTURING DAYS (John Greenman)

LXXXIV. "ROUGHING IT” (John Greenman)

LXXXV. A BIRTH, A DEATH, AND A VOYAGE (John Greenman)

LXXXVI. ENGLAND (John Greenman)

LXXXVII. THE BOOK THAT WAS NEVER WRITTEN (John Greenman)

LXXXVIII. "THE GILDED AGE” (John Greenman)

LXXXIX. PLANNING A NEW HOME (John Greenman)

XC. A LONG ENGLISH HOLIDAY (John Greenman)

XCI. A LONDON LECTURE (John Greenman)

XCII. FURTHER LONDON LECTURE TRIUMPHS (John Greenman)

XCIII. THE REAL COLONEL SELLERS-GOLDEN DAYS (John Greenman)

XCIV. BEGINNING “TOM SAWYER” (John Greenman)

XCV. AN “ATLANTIC” STORY AND A PLAY (John Greenman)

XCVI. THE NEW HOME (John Greenman)

XCVII. THE WALK TO BOSTON (John Greenman)

XCVIII. "OLD TIMES ON THE MISSISSIPPI” (John Greenman)

XCIX. A TYPEWRITER, AND A JOKE ON ALDRICH (John Greenman)

C. RAYMOND, MENTAL TELEGRAPHY, ETC. (John Greenman)

CI. CONCLUDING “TOM SAWYER”—MARK TWAIN’s “EDITORS” (John Greenman)

CII. "SKETCHES NEW AND OLD” (John Greenman)

CIII. "ATLANTIC” DAYS (John Greenman)

CIV. MARK TWAIN AND HIS WIFE (John Greenman)

The audiobook Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume 1 falls under the genres of Biography & Autobiography, Humor, Social Science (culture & Anthropology). It is written by Albert Bigelow Paine.

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