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The Boys Life of Mark Twain
Albert Bigelow Paine was Samuel Langhorne Clemens’ (Mark Twain’s) biographer. He lived with Twain, collecting ideas and material for a biography, for a few years before Twain’s death in 1910. Six years later Paine published this “story of a man who made the world laugh and love him”.
For those who have read or listened to Mark Twain’s works, Paine’s work is an invaluable resource to better understand Twain, the stories behind his stories and his life with those he loved and with whom he worked. (Summary by John Greenman)
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Total running time: 8:50:46
Read by John Greenman
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[ogg vorbis - 734 KB] - 01 - The Family of John Clemens - 00:08:19
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[ogg vorbis - 5.3 MB] - 02 - The New Home and Uncle Quarel’s Farm - 00:08:18
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[ogg vorbis - 5.6 MB] - 11 - The Long Way to the Amazon - 00:06:27
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[ogg vorbis - 4.1 MB] - 12 - Renewing an Old Ambition - 00:07:43
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[ogg vorbis - 4.9 MB] - 13 - Learning the River - 00:11:56
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[ogg vorbis - 4.4 MB] - 22 - ‘Mark Twain’ - 00:07:06
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[ogg vorbis - 6.7 MB] - 24 - The Discovery of ‘The Jumping Frog’ - 00:10:50
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[ogg vorbis - 4.6 MB] - 26 - Mark Twain, Lecturer - 00:15:04
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[ogg vorbis - 9.6 MB] - 27 - An Innocent Abroad, and Home Again - 00:08:49
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[ogg vorbis - 4.1 MB] - 29 - The Visit to Elmira and its Consequences - 00:06:42
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[ogg vorbis - 3.7 MB] - 32 - At Work on ‘Roughing It’ - 00:04:51
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[ogg vorbis - 3.8 MB] - 53 - Mark Twain Pays His Debts - 00:05:50
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[ogg vorbis - 3.6 MB] - 54 - Return After Exile - 00:03:57
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[ogg vorbis - 6.2 MB] - 59 - Mark Twain Arranges for his Biography - 00:09:43
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[ogg vorbis - 4.4 MB] - 61 - Dictation at Dublin, N.H. - 00:04:28
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[ogg vorbis - 3.7 MB] - 63 - Living With Mark Twain - 00:05:03
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[ogg vorbis - 3.1 MB] - 64 - A Degree from Oxford - 00:03:39
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[ogg vorbis - 3.9 MB] - 66 - Life at Stormfield - 00:05:52
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[ogg vorbis - 3.5 MB] - 67 - The Death of Jean - 00:03:23
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[ogg vorbis - 2.0 MB] - 68 - Days in Bermuda - 00:05:27
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[ogg vorbis - 3.3 MB] - 69 - The Return to Redding - 00:03:22
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Cataloged on October 10, 2008










