Autobiography of Mark Twain
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Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010-.
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Book
Edition
Complete and authoritative ed.
ISBN
9780520267190, 0520267192, 0520272781, 9780520272781
Physical Desc
volumes <1-2> : illustrations ; 26 cm.
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Published
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010-.
Edition
Complete and authoritative ed.
Language
English
ISBN
9780520267190, 0520267192, 0520272781, 9780520272781
Notes
General Note
"A publication of the Mark Twain Project of the Bancroft Library."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
Presents Mark Twain's authentic and unsuppressed voice, brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions, and speaking clearly from the grave as he intended.
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"I've struck it!" Mark Twain wrote in a 1904 letter to a friend. "And I will give it away to you. You will never know how much enjoyment you have lost until you get to dictating your autobiography." Thus, after dozens of false starts and hundreds of pages, Twain embarked on his "Final (and Right) Plan" for telling the story of his life. His innovative notion, to "talk only about the thing which interests you for the moment", meant that his thoughts could range freely. The strict instruction that many of these texts remain unpublished for 100 years meant that when they came out, he would be "dead, and unaware, and indifferent," and that he was therefore free to speak his "whole frank mind." The year 2010 marked the 100th anniversary of Twain's death. In celebration of this important milestone this is Mark Twain's uncensored autobiography in its entirety and exactly as he left it. It is told over three volumes and presents Mark Twain's authentic and unsuppressed voice, brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions, and speaking clearly from the grave as he intended. -- From Publisher.
Awards
Association of American Publishers PROSE Award, 2010.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Twain, M., Smith, H. E., & Griffin, B. (2010). Autobiography of Mark Twain (Complete and authoritative ed.). University of California Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Twain, Mark, 1835-1910, Harriet Elinor. Smith and Benjamin Griffin. 2010. Autobiography of Mark Twain. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Twain, Mark, 1835-1910, Harriet Elinor. Smith and Benjamin Griffin. Autobiography of Mark Twain Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Twain, Mark, Harriet Elinor Smith, and Benjamin Griffin. Autobiography of Mark Twain Complete and authoritative ed., University of California Press, 2010.
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