Monday, April 15, 2019

Mark Twain: A Biography, by Albert Bigelow Paine, Vol. I, Part 1: 1835 - 1866



About the Author: Albert Bigelow Paine (1861 - 1937) - Wikipedia

Google Books: Paine, Albert Bigelow.  Mark Twain, a Biography: The Personal and Literary Life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (New York: Harper, 1912). Vol. 1 and 2 at this link (free).

LibriVox Recording Download Page, Volume 1 - LibriVox.org (free audiobook)

Project Gutenberg: For free ePub, Kindle, Plain Text and other formats, click this link (complete book, 1,700+ pages).

Project Gutenberg HTML Version: In the grid below, click the hyperlinked chapter numbers at left to view swipe-able text online.



VOLUME I, Part 1: 1835-1866
AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT
PREFATORY NOTE
MARK TWAIN—A BIOGRAPHY
I.ANCESTORS
II.THE FORTUNES OF JOHN AND JANE CLEMENS
III.A HUMBLE BIRTHPLACE
IV.BEGINNING A LONG JOURNEY
V.THE WAY OF FORTUNE
VI.A NEW HOME
VII.THE LITTLE TOWN OF HANNIBAL.
VIII.THE FARM
IX.SCHOOL-DAYS
X.EARLY VICISSITUDE AND SORROW
XI.DAYS OF EDUCATION
XII.TOM SAWYER'S BAND
XIII.THE GENTLER SIDE
XIV.THE PASSING OF JOHN CLEMENS
XV.A YOUNG BEN FRANKLIN
XVI.THE TURNING-POINT
XVII.THE HANNIBAL “JOURNAL”
XVIII.THE BEGINNING OF A LITERARY LIFE
XIX.IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF FRANKLIN
XX.KEOKUK DAYS
XXI.SCOTCHMAN NAMED MACFARLANE
XXII.THE OLD CALL OF THE RIVER
XXIII.THE SUPREME SCIENCE
XXIV.THE RIVER CURRICULUM
XXV.LOVE-MAKING AND ADVENTURE
XXVI.THE TRAGEDY OF THE “PENNSYLVANIA”
XXVII.THE PILOT
XXVIII.PILOTING AND PROPHECY
XXIX.THE END OF PILOTING
XXX.THE SOLDIER
XXXI.OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY
XXXII.THE PIONEER
XXXIII.THE PROSPECTOR
XXXIV.TERRITORIAL CHARACTERISTICS
XXXV.THE MINER
XXXVI.LAST MINING DAYS
XXXVII.THE NEW ESTATE
XXXVIII.ONE OF THE “STAFF”
XXXIX.PHILOSOPHY AND POETRY
XL."MARK TWAIN”
XLI.THE CREAM OF COMSTOCK HUMOR
XLII.REPORTORIAL DAYS.
XLIII.ARTEMUS WARD
XLIV.GOVERNOR OF THE “THIRD HOUSE”
XLV.A COMSTOCK DUEL.
XLVI.GETTING SETTLED IN SAN FRANCISCO
XLVII.BOHEMIAN DAYS
XLVIII.THE REFUGE OF THE HILLS
XLIX.THE JUMPING FROG
L.BACK TO THE TUMULT
LI.THE CORNER-STONE
LII.A COMMISSION TO THE SANDWICH ISLANDS
LIII.ANSON BURLINGAME AND THE “HORNET” DISASTER

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.