Autobiography of Mark Twain. Volume 1
(Book)
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Author
Contributors
Smith, Harriet Elinor, editor.
Griffin, Benjamin, 1968- editor.
Fischer, Victor, 1942- editor.
Frank, Michael B., editor.
Goetz, Sharon K., editor.
Griffin, Benjamin, 1968- editor.
Fischer, Victor, 1942- editor.
Frank, Michael B., editor.
Goetz, Sharon K., editor.
Published
Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [2010].
ISBN
9780520267190, 0520267192
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Published
Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [2010].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xix, 736 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
ISBN
9780520267190, 0520267192
Notes
General Note
"A publication of the Mark Twain Project of the Bancroft Library."
General Note
Edition statement from book jacket.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
This volume presents Mark Twain's authentic and unsuppressed voice, brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions, and speaking clearly from the grave as he intended. Eschewing chronology and organization, Twain simply meanders from observation to anecdote and between past and present. There are reminiscences from his youth of landscapes, rural idylls, and Tom Sawyeresque japes; acid-etched profiles of friends and enemies, from his "fiendish" Florentine landlady to the fatuous and "grotesque" Rockefellers; a searing polemic on a 1906 American massacre of Filipino insurgents; a hilarious screed against a hapless editor who dared tweak his prose; and countless tales of the author's own bamboozlement, unto bankruptcy, by publishers, business partners, doctors, miscellaneous moochers; he was even outsmarted by a wild turkey. Laced with Twain's unique blend of humor and vitriol, the haphazard narrative is engrossing funny, and revealing of Twain's mind.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Twain, M., Smith, H. E., Griffin, B., Fischer, V., Frank, M. B., Goetz, S. K., & Myrick, L. D. (2010). Autobiography of Mark Twain (Complete and authoritative edition.). University of California Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mark Twain et al.. 2010. Autobiography of Mark Twain. University of California Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mark Twain et al.. Autobiography of Mark Twain University of California Press, 2010.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Twain, Mark, et al. Autobiography of Mark Twain Complete and authoritative edition., University of California Press, 2010.
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