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Autobiography of Mark Twain Volume 2 /

Presents the second volume of the author's autobiographical dictations, sharing his experiences through all periods of his life with his distinctive wit and opinionated delivery, along with extensive explanatory notes and extra material.

Main Author:	Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 (Author)
Corporate Authors:	Bancroft Library. Mark Twain Project.
Other Authors:	Griffin, Benjamin, 1968- (Editor), Smith, Harriet Elinor (Editor), Fischer, Victor, 1942- (Editor), Frank, Michael B. (Editor), Goetz, Sharon K. (Editor), Myrick, Leslie Diane (Editor)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [2013]
Edition:	Complete and authoritative edition.
Series:	Mark Twain papers.
Subjects:	Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910. Authors, American > 19th century > Biography.

Summary:	Presents the second volume of the author's autobiographical dictations, sharing his experiences through all periods of his life with his distinctive wit and opinionated delivery, along with extensive explanatory notes and extra material.
Item Description:	"A publication of the Mark Twain Project of the Bancroft Library." Edition statement from book jacket.
Physical Description:	xix, 733 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780520272781 (hc.) 0520272781 (hc.)
Author Notes:	Mark Twain was born Samuel L. Clemens in Florida, Missouri on November 30, 1835. He worked as a printer, and then became a steamboat pilot. He traveled throughout the West, writing humorous sketches for newspapers. In 1865, he wrote the short story, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, which was very well received. He then began a career as a humorous travel writer and lecturer, publishing The Innocents Abroad in 1869, Roughing It in 1872, and, Gilded Age in 1873, which was co-authored with Charles Dudley Warner. His best-known works are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mississippi Writing: Life on the Mississippi, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He died of a heart attack on April 21, 1910. (Bowker Author Biography)

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