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Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume 1

Albert Bigelow Paine (1861 - 1937)

Until recently, this work has been considered the "go-to" bio of Mark Twain. Albert Bigelow Paine (July 10, 1861 – April 9, 1937) was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. This recording of Paine's exhaustive biography covers Twain's personal and literary life in detail, heretofore unapproached. - Summary by John Greenman and Wikipedia

Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography, Humor, Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	INTRODUCTION - VOLUME I, Part 1: 1835-1866	John Greenman	00:04:13
Play 01	I. ANCESTORS	John Greenman	00:07:47
Play 02	II. THE FORTUNES OF JOHN AND JANE CLEMENS	John Greenman	00:10:00
Play 03	III. A HUMBLE BIRTHPLACE	John Greenman	00:08:44
Play 04	IV. BEGINNING A LONG JOURNEY	John Greenman	00:11:09
Play 05	V. THE WAY OF FORTUNE	John Greenman	00:05:04
Play 06	VI. A NEW HOME	John Greenman	00:07:23
Play 07	VII. THE LITTLE TOWN OF HANNIBAL	John Greenman	00:11:01
Play 08	VIII. THE FARM	John Greenman	00:08:47
Play 09	IX. SCHOOL-DAYS	John Greenman	00:12:10
Play 10	X. EARLY VICISSITUDE AND SORROW	John Greenman	00:10:44
Play 11	XI. DAYS OF EDUCATION	John Greenman	00:22:07
Play 12	XII. TOM SAWYER'S BAND	John Greenman	00:22:55
Play 13	XIII. THE GENTLER SIDE	John Greenman	00:09:17
Play 14	XIV. THE PASSING OF JOHN CLEMENS	John Greenman	00:04:20
Play 15	XV. A YOUNG BEN FRANKLIN	John Greenman	00:15:19
Play 16	XVI. THE TURNING-POINT	John Greenman	00:05:15
Play 17	XVII. THE HANNIBAL “JOURNAL”	John Greenman	00:11:15
Play 18	XVIII. THE BEGINNING OF A LITERARY LIFE	John Greenman	00:10:55
Play 19	XIX. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF FRANKLIN	John Greenman	00:23:46
Play 20	XX. KEOKUK DAYS	John Greenman	00:20:38
Play 21	XXI. SCOTCHMAN NAMED MACFARLANE	John Greenman	00:09:03
Play 22	XXII. THE OLD CALL OF THE RIVER	John Greenman	00:10:10
Play 23	XXIII. THE SUPREME SCIENCE	John Greenman	00:17:19
Play 24	XXIV. THE RIVER CURRICULUM	John Greenman	00:11:23
Play 25	XXV. LOVE-MAKING AND ADVENTURE	John Greenman	00:15:52
Play 26	XXVI. THE TRAGEDY OF THE “PENNSYLVANIA”	John Greenman	00:13:45
Play 27	XXVII. THE PILOT	John Greenman	00:14:53
Play 28	XXVIII. PILOTING AND PROPHECY	John Greenman	00:25:31
Play 29	XXIX. THE END OF PILOTING	John Greenman	00:06:00
Play 30	XXX. THE SOLDIER	John Greenman	00:13:55
Play 31	XXXI. OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY	John Greenman	00:08:00
Play 32	XXXII. THE PIONEER	John Greenman	00:19:23
Play 33	XXXIII. THE PROSPECTOR	John Greenman	00:13:23
Play 34	XXXIV. TERRITORIAL CHARACTERISTICS	John Greenman	00:13:21
Play 35	XXXV. THE MINER	John Greenman	00:19:02
Play 36	XXXVI. LAST MINING DAYS	John Greenman	00:10:36
Play 37	XXXVII. THE NEW ESTATE	John Greenman	00:10:48
Play 38	XXXVIII. ONE OF THE “STAFF”	John Greenman	00:15:19
Play 39	XXXIX. PHILOSOPHY AND POETRY	John Greenman	00:06:19
Play 40	XL. “MARK TWAIN”	John Greenman	00:10:11
Play 41	XLI. THE CREAM OF COMSTOCK HUMOR	John Greenman	00:17:34
Play 42	XLII REPORTORIAL DAYS	John Greenman	00:14:16
Play 43	XLIII. ARTEMUS WARD	John Greenman	00:11:06
Play 44	XLIV. GOVERNOR OF THE “THIRD HOUSE”	John Greenman	00:14:13
Play 45	XLV. A COMSTOCK DUEL	John Greenman	00:08:33
Play 46	XLVI. GETTING SETTLED IN SAN FRANCISCO	John Greenman	00:08:55
Play 47	XLVII. BOHEMIAN DAYS	John Greenman	00:15:26
Play 48	XLVIII. THE REFUGE OF THE HILLS	John Greenman	00:13:02
Play 49	XLIX. THE JUMPING FROG	John Greenman	00:08:49
Play 50	L. BACK TO THE TUMULT	John Greenman	00:05:47
Play 51	LI. THE CORNER-STONE	John Greenman	00:09:23
Play 52	LII. A COMMISSION TO THE SANDWICH ISLANDS	John Greenman	00:09:52
Play 53	LIII. ANSON BURLINGAME AND THE “HORNET” DISASTER	John Greenman	00:13:01
Play 54	VOLUME I, Part 2: 1866-1875 LIV. THE LECTURER	John Greenman	00:11:22
Play 55	LV. HIGHWAY ROBBERY	John Greenman	00:15:17
Play 56	LVI. BACK TO THE STATES	John Greenman	00:08:41
Play 57	LVII. OLD FRIENDS AND NEW PLANS	John Greenman	00:07:39
Play 58	LVIII. A NEW BOOK AND A LECTURE	John Greenman	00:14:46
Play 59	LIX. THE FIRST BOOK	John Greenman	00:14:03
Play 60	LX. THE INNOCENTS AT SEA	John Greenman	00:17:24
Play 61	LXI. THE INNOCENTS ABROAD	John Greenman	00:18:27
Play 62	LXII. THE RETURN OF THE PILGRIMS	John Greenman	00:17:53
Play 63	LXIII. IN WASHINGTON—A PUBLISHING PROPOSITION	John Greenman	00:15:40
Play 64	LXIV. OLIVIA LANGDON	John Greenman	00:08:56
Play 65	LXV. A CONTRACT WITH ELISHA BLISS, JR.	John Greenman	00:13:01
Play 66	LXVI. BACK TO SAN FRANCISCO	John Greenman	00:11:18
Play 67	LXVII. A VISIT TO ELMIRA	John Greenman	00:06:15
Play 68	LXVIII. THE REV. “JOE” TWICHELL	John Greenman	00:07:02
Play 69	LXIX. A LECTURE TOUR	John Greenman	00:08:06
Play 70	LXX. INNOCENTS AT HOME—AND “THE INNOCENTS ABROAD”	John Greenman	00:11:31
Play 71	LXXI. THE GREAT BOOK OF TRAVEL	John Greenman	00:06:44
Play 72	LXXII. THE PURCHASE OF A PAPER	John Greenman	00:11:08
Play 73	LXXIII. THE FIRST MEETING WITH HOWELLS	John Greenman	00:04:26
Play 74	LXXIV. THE WEDDING-DAY	John Greenman	00:13:51
Play 75	LXXV. AS TO DESTINY	John Greenman	00:02:20
Play 76	LXXVI. ON THE BUFFALO “EXPRESS”	John Greenman	00:12:15
Play 77	LXXVII. THE “GALAXY”	John Greenman	00:13:53
Play 78	LXXVIII. THE PRIMROSE PATH	John Greenman	00:14:22
Play 79	LXXIX. THE OLD HUMAN STORY	John Greenman	00:11:07
Play 80	LXXX. LITERARY PROJECTS	John Greenman	00:16:44
Play 81	LXXXI. SOME FURTHER LITERARY MATTERS	John Greenman	00:14:50
Play 82	LXXXII. THE WRITING OF “ROUGHING IT”	John Greenman	00:20:40
Play 83	LXXXIII. LECTURING DAYS	John Greenman	00:21:16
Play 84	LXXXIV. "ROUGHING IT”	John Greenman	00:09:50
Play 85	LXXXV. A BIRTH, A DEATH, AND A VOYAGE	John Greenman	00:10:01
Play 86	LXXXVI. ENGLAND	John Greenman	00:09:15
Play 87	LXXXVII. THE BOOK THAT WAS NEVER WRITTEN	John Greenman	00:25:36
Play 88	LXXXVIII. "THE GILDED AGE”	John Greenman	00:13:48
Play 89	LXXXIX. PLANNING A NEW HOME	John Greenman	00:04:09
Play 90	XC. A LONG ENGLISH HOLIDAY	John Greenman	00:20:55
Play 91	XCI. A LONDON LECTURE	John Greenman	00:11:13
Play 92	XCII. FURTHER LONDON LECTURE TRIUMPHS	John Greenman	00:13:43
Play 93	XCIII. THE REAL COLONEL SELLERS-GOLDEN DAYS	John Greenman	00:09:23
Play 94	XCIV. BEGINNING “TOM SAWYER”	John Greenman	00:20:31
Play 95	XCV. AN “ATLANTIC” STORY AND A PLAY	John Greenman	00:14:35
Play 96	XCVI. THE NEW HOME	John Greenman	00:12:47
Play 97	XCVII. THE WALK TO BOSTON	John Greenman	00:10:24
Play 98	XCVIII. "OLD TIMES ON THE MISSISSIPPI”	John Greenman	00:08:34
Play 99	XCIX. A TYPEWRITER, AND A JOKE ON ALDRICH	John Greenman	00:09:41
Play 100	C. RAYMOND, MENTAL TELEGRAPHY, ETC.	John Greenman	00:20:14
Play 101	CI. CONCLUDING “TOM SAWYER”—MARK TWAIN’s “EDITORS”	John Greenman	00:07:29
Play 102	CII. "SKETCHES NEW AND OLD”	John Greenman	00:09:16
Play 103	CIII. "ATLANTIC” DAYS	John Greenman	00:08:23
Play 104	CIV. MARK TWAIN AND HIS WIFE	John Greenman	00:12:48

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