Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume III

Number of Chapters: 114

Length: 24 hours and 12 minutes

Language: English

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 CONQUEROR (John Greenman)

CCXIII. MARK TWAIN—GENERAL SPOKESMAN (John Greenman)

CCXIV. MARK TWAIN AND THE MISSIONARIES (John Greenman)

CCXV. SUMMER AT “THE LAIR” (John Greenman)

CCXVI. RIVERDALE—A YALE DEGREE (John Greenman)

CCXVII. MARK TWAIN IN POLITICS (John Greenman)

CCXVIII. NEW INTERESTS AND INVESTMENTS (John Greenman)

CCXIX. YACHTING AND THEOLOGY (John Greenman)

CCXX. MARK TWAIN AND THE PHILIPPINES (John Greenman)

CCXXI. THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE (John Greenman)

CCXXII. A PROPHET HONORED IN HIS COUNTRY (John Greenman)

CCXXIII. AT YORK HARBOR (John Greenman)

CCXXIV. THE SIXTY-SEVENTH BIRTHDAY DINNER (John Greenman)

CCXXV. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CONTROVERSIES (John Greenman)

CCXXVI. "WAS IT HEAVEN? OR HELL?” (John Greenman)

CCXXVII. THE SECOND RIVERDALE WINTER (John Greenman)

CCXXVIII. PROFFERED HONORS (John Greenman)

CCXXXIX. THE LAST SUMMER AT ELMIRA (John Greenman)

CCXXX. THE RETURN TO FLORENCE (John Greenman)

CCXXXI. THE CLOSE OF A BEAUTIFUL LIFE (John Greenman)

CCXXXII. THE SAD JOURNEY HOME (John Greenman)

CCXXXIII. BEGINNING ANOTHER HOME (John Greenman)

CCXXXIV. LIFE AT 21 FIFTH AVENUE (John Greenman)

CCXXXV. A SUMMER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE (John Greenman)

CCXXXVI. AT PIER 70 (John Greenman)

CCXXXVII. AFTERMATH (John Greenman)

CCXXXVIII. THE WRITER MEETS MARK TWAIN (John Greenman)

CCXXXIX. WORKING WITH MARK TWAIN (John Greenman)

CCXL. THE DEFINITION OF A GENTLEMAN (John Greenman)

CCXLI. GORKY, HOWELLS, AND MARK TWAIN (John Greenman)

CCXLII. MARK TWAIN’S GOOD-BY TO THE PLATFORM (John Greenman)

CCXLIII. AN INVESTMENT IN REDDING (John Greenman)

CCXLIV. TRAITS AND PHILOSOPHIES (John Greenman)

CCXLV. IN THE DAY’S ROUND (John Greenman)

CCXLVI. THE SECOND SUMMER AT DUBLIN (John Greenman)

CCXLVII. DUBLIN, CONTINUED (John Greenman)

CCXLVIII. "WHAT IS MAN?” AND THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY (John Greenman)

CCXLIX. BILLIARDS (John Greenman)

CCL. PHILOSOPHY AND PESSIMISM (John Greenman)

CCLI. A LOBBYING EXPEDITION (John Greenman)

CCLII. THEOLOGY AND EVOLUTION (John Greenman)

CCLIII. AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER (John Greenman)

CCLIV. BILLIARD-ROOM NOTES (John Greenman)

CCLV. FURTHER PERSONALITIES (John Greenman)

VOLUME III, Part 2: 1907-1910 - CCLVI. HONORS FROM OXFORD (John Greenman)

CCLVII. A TRUE ENGLISH WELCOME (John Greenman)

CCLVIII. DOCTOR OF LITERATURE, OXFORD (John Greenman)

CCLIX. LONDON SOCIAL HONORS (John Greenman)

CCLX. MATTERS PSYCHIC AND OTHERWISE (John Greenman)

CCLXI. MINOR EVENTS AND DIVERSIONS (John Greenman)

CCLXII. FROM MARK TWAIN’s MAIL. (John Greenman)

CCLXIII. SOME LITERARY LUNCHEONS (John Greenman)

CCLXIV. "CAPTAIN STORMFIELD” IN PRINT (John Greenman)

CCLXV. LOTOS CLUB HONORS (John Greenman)

CCLXVI. A WINTER IN BERMUDA (John Greenman)

CCLXVII. VIEWS AND ADDRESSES (John Greenman)

CCLXVIII. REDDING (John Greenman)

CCLXIX. FIRST DAYS AT STORMFIELD (John Greenman)

CCLXX. THE ALDRICH MEMORIAL (John Greenman)

CCLXXI. DEATH OF “SAM” MOFFETT (John Greenman)

CCLXXII. STORMFIELD ADVENTURES (John Greenman)

CCLXXIII. STORMFIELD PHILOSOPHIES (John Greenman)

CCLXXIV. CITIZEN AND FARMER (John Greenman)

CCLXXV. A MANTEL AND A BABY ELEPHANT (John Greenman)

CCLXXVI. SHAKESPEARE-BACON TALK (John Greenman)

CCLXXVII. "IS SHAKESPEARE DEAD?” (John Greenman)

CCLXXVIII. THE DEATH OF HENRY ROGERS (John Greenman)

CCLXXIX. AN EXTENSION OF COPYRIGHT (John Greenman)

CCLXXX. A WARNING (John Greenman)

CCLXXXI. THE LAST SUMMER AT STORMFIELD (John Greenman)

CCLXXXII. PERSONAL MEMORANDA (John Greenman)

CCLXXXIII. ASTRONOMY AND DREAMS (John Greenman)

CCLXXXIV. A LIBRARY CONCERT (John Greenman)

CCLXXXV. A WEDDING AT STORMFIELD (John Greenman)

CCLXXXVI. AUTUMN DAYS (John Greenman)

CCLXXXVII. MARK TWAIN’S READING (John Greenman)

CCLXXXVIII. A BERMUDA BIRTHDAY (John Greenman)

CCLXXXIX. THE DEATH OF JEAN (John Greenman)

CCXC. THE RETURN TO BERMUDA (John Greenman)

CCXCI. LETTERS FROM BERMUDA (John Greenman)

CCXCII. THE VOYAGE HOME (John Greenman)

CCXCIII. THE RETURN TO THE INVISIBLE (John Greenman)

CCXCIV. THE LAST RITES (John Greenman)

CCXCV. MARK TWAIN’S RELIGION (John Greenman)

CCXCVI. POSTSCRIPT (John Greenman)

Volume III - APPENDIXES - APPENDIX A - LETTER FROM ORION CLEMENS TO MISS WOOD CONCERNING HENRY CLEMENS (See Chapter xxvi) (John Greenman)

APPENDIX B - MARK TWAIN’S BURLESQUE OF CAPTAIN ISAIAH SELLERS (See Chapter xxvii) (John Greenman)

APPENDIX C - I. MARK TWAIN’S EMPIRE CITY HOAX - II. NEWS-GATHERING WITH MARK TWAIN (See Chapter xli) (John Greenman)

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) (John Greenman)

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) (John Greenman)

APPENDIX F - THE INNOCENTS ABROAD (See Chapter lx) (John Greenman)

APPENDIX G - MARK TWAIN AT THE CORRESPONDENTS CLUB, WASHINGTON (See Chapter lxiii) (John Greenman)

APPENDIX H - ANNOUNCEMENT FOR LECTURE OF JULY 2, 1868 (See Chapter lxvi) (John Greenman)

APPENDIX I - MARK TWAIN’S CHAMPIONSHIP OF THOMAS K. BEECHER (See Chapter lxxiv) (John Greenman)

APPENDIX J - THE INDIGNITY PUT UPON THE REMAINS OF GEORGE HOLLAND BY THE REV. MR. SABINE. (See Chapter lxxvii) (John Greenman)

APPENDIX K - A SUBSTITUTE FOR RULOFF - HAVE WE A SIDNEY CARTON AMONG US? (See Chapter lxxxii) (John Greenman)

APPENDIX L - ABOUT LONDON - ADDRESS AT A DINNER GIVEN BY THE SAVAGE CLUB, LONDON, SEPTEMBER 28, 1872. (See Chapter lxxxvii) (John Greenman)

APPENDIX M - LETTER WRITTEN TO MRS. CLEMENS FROM BOSTON, NOVEMBER, 1874, PROPHESYING A MONARCHY IN SIXTY-ONE YEARS. (See Chapter xcvii) (John Greenman)

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) (John Greenman)

APPENDIX O - Speech on John Greenleaf Whittier's birthday (See Chapter cxiv) (John Greenman)

APPENDIX P - THE ADAM MONUMENT PETITION (See Chapter cxxxiv) (John Greenman)

APPENDIX Q- GENERAL GRANT’S GRAMMAR (Written in 1886. Delivered at an Army and Navy Club dinner in New York City) (John Greenman)

APPENDIX R - PARTY ALLEGIANCE. BEING A PORTION OF A PAPER ON “CONSISTENCY,” READ BEFORE THE MONDAY EVENING CLUB IN 1887. (See Chapter clxiii) (John Greenman)

APPENDIX S - ORIGINAL PREFACE FOR “A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR’S COURT” (See Chapter clxxii) (John Greenman)

APPENDIX T - A TRIBUTE TO HENRY H. ROGERS (See Chapter cc and earlier) (John Greenman)

APPENDIX U - FROM MARK TWAIN’S LAST POEM BEGUN AT RIVERDALE, NEW YORK. FINISHED AT YORK HARBOR, MAINE, AUGUST 18, 1902 (See Chapter ccxxiii) (John Greenman)

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) (John Greenman)

APPENDIX W - LITTLE BESSIE WOULD ASSIST PROVIDENCE (See Chapter cclxxxii) (John Greenman)

APPENDIX X - Part One - A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, PUBLISHED AND OTHERWISE—FROM 1851-1859 (John Greenman)

APPENDIX X - Part Two - MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, PUBLISHED AND OTHERWISE—FROM 1860 to 1869 (John Greenman)

APPENDIX X - Part Three - MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, FROM 1870 to 1879 (John Greenman)

APPENDIX X - Part Four - MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, FROM 1880 to 1889 (John Greenman)

APPENDIX X - Part Five - MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, FROM 1890 to 1899 (John Greenman)

APPENDIX X - Part Six - MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, FROM 1900 to 1910 (John Greenman)

The audiobook Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume III falls under the genres of Biography & Autobiography. It is written by Albert Bigelow Paine.

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