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
Chapters
1 INTRODUCTION - VOLUME I, Part 1: 1835-1866 4 min 2 I. ANCESTORS 8 min 3 II. THE FORTUNES OF JOHN AND JANE CLEMENS 10 min 4 III. A HUMBLE BIRTHPLACE 9 min 5 IV. BEGINNING A LONG JOURNEY 11 min 6 V. THE WAY OF FORTUNE 5 min 7 VI. A NEW HOME 7 min 8 VII. THE LITTLE TOWN OF HANNIBAL 11 min 9 VIII. THE FARM 9 min 10 IX. SCHOOL-DAYS 12 min 11 X. EARLY VICISSITUDE AND SORROW 11 min 12 XI. DAYS OF EDUCATION 22 min 13 XII. TOM SAWYER'S BAND 23 min 14 XIII. THE GENTLER SIDE 9 min 15 XIV. THE PASSING OF JOHN CLEMENS 4 min 16 XV. A YOUNG BEN FRANKLIN 15 min 17 XVI. THE TURNING-POINT 5 min 18 XVII. THE HANNIBAL "JOURNAL" 11 min 19 XVIII. THE BEGINNING OF A LITERARY LIFE 11 min 20 XIX. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF FRANKLIN 24 min 21 XX. KEOKUK DAYS 21 min 22 XXI. SCOTCHMAN NAMED MACFARLANE 9 min 23 XXII. THE OLD CALL OF THE RIVER 10 min 24 XXIII. THE SUPREME SCIENCE 17 min 25 XXIV. THE RIVER CURRICULUM 11 min 26 XXV. LOVE-MAKING AND ADVENTURE 16 min 27 XXVI. THE TRAGEDY OF THE "PENNSYLVANIA" 14 min 28 XXVII. THE PILOT 15 min 29 XXVIII. PILOTING AND PROPHECY 26 min 30 XXIX. THE END OF PILOTING 6 min 31 XXX. THE SOLDIER 14 min 32 XXXI. OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY 8 min 33 XXXII. THE PIONEER 19 min 34 XXXIII. THE PROSPECTOR 13 min 35 XXXIV. TERRITORIAL CHARACTERISTICS 13 min 36 XXXV. THE MINER 19 min 37 XXXVI. LAST MINING DAYS 11 min 38 XXXVII. THE NEW ESTATE 11 min 39 XXXVIII. ONE OF THE "STAFF" 15 min 40 XXXIX. PHILOSOPHY AND POETRY 6 min 41 XL. "MARK TWAIN" 10 min 42 XLI. THE CREAM OF COMSTOCK HUMOR 18 min 43 XLII REPORTORIAL DAYS 14 min 44 XLIII. ARTEMUS WARD 11 min 45 XLIV. GOVERNOR OF THE "THIRD HOUSE" 14 min 46 XLV. A COMSTOCK DUEL 9 min 47 XLVI. GETTING SETTLED IN SAN FRANCISCO 9 min 48 XLVII. BOHEMIAN DAYS 15 min 49 XLVIII. THE REFUGE OF THE HILLS 13 min 50 XLIX. THE JUMPING FROG 9 min 51 L. BACK TO THE TUMULT 6 min 52 LI. THE CORNER-STONE 9 min 53 LII. A COMMISSION TO THE SANDWICH ISLANDS 10 min 54 LIII. ANSON BURLINGAME AND THE "HORNET" DISASTER 13 min 55 VOLUME I, Part 2: 1866-1875 LIV. THE LECTURER 11 min 56 LV. HIGHWAY ROBBERY 15 min 57 LVI. BACK TO THE STATES 9 min 58 LVII. OLD FRIENDS AND NEW PLANS 8 min 59 LVIII. A NEW BOOK AND A LECTURE 15 min 60 LIX. THE FIRST BOOK 14 min 61 LX. THE INNOCENTS AT SEA 17 min 62 LXI. THE INNOCENTS ABROAD 18 min 63 LXII. THE RETURN OF THE PILGRIMS 18 min 64 LXIII. IN WASHINGTON, A PUBLISHING PROPOSITION 16 min 65 LXIV. OLIVIA LANGDON 9 min 66 LXV. A CONTRACT WITH ELISHA BLISS, JR 13 min 67 LXVI. BACK TO SAN FRANCISCO 11 min 68 LXVII. A VISIT TO ELMIRA 6 min 69 LXVIII. THE REV. "JOE" TWICHELL 7 min 70 LXIX. A LECTURE TOUR 8 min 71 LXX. INNOCENTS AT HOME, AND "THE INNOCENTS ABROAD" 12 min 72 LXXI. THE GREAT BOOK OF TRAVEL 7 min 73 LXXII. THE PURCHASE OF A PAPER 11 min 74 LXXIII. THE FIRST MEETING WITH HOWELLS 4 min 75 LXXIV. THE WEDDING-DAY 14 min 76 LXXV. AS TO DESTINY 2 min 77 LXXVI. ON THE BUFFALO "EXPRESS" 12 min 78 LXXVII. THE "GALAXY" 14 min 79 LXXVIII. THE PRIMROSE PATH 14 min 80 LXXIX. THE OLD HUMAN STORY 11 min 81 LXXX. LITERARY PROJECTS 17 min 82 LXXXI. SOME FURTHER LITERARY MATTERS 15 min 83 LXXXII. THE WRITING OF "ROUGHING IT" 21 min 84 LXXXIII. LECTURING DAYS 21 min 85 LXXXIV. "ROUGHING IT" 10 min 86 LXXXV. A BIRTH, A DEATH, AND A VOYAGE 10 min 87 LXXXVI. ENGLAND 9 min 88 LXXXVII. THE BOOK THAT WAS NEVER WRITTEN 26 min 89 LXXXVIII. "THE GILDED AGE" 14 min 90 LXXXIX. PLANNING A NEW HOME 4 min 91 XC. A LONG ENGLISH HOLIDAY 21 min 92 XCI. A LONDON LECTURE 11 min 93 XCII. FURTHER LONDON LECTURE TRIUMPHS 14 min 94 XCIII. THE REAL COLONEL SELLERS-GOLDEN DAYS 9 min 95 XCIV. BEGINNING "TOM SAWYER" 21 min 96 XCV. AN "ATLANTIC" STORY AND A PLAY 15 min 97 XCVI. THE NEW HOME 13 min 98 XCVII. THE WALK TO BOSTON 10 min 99 XCVIII. "OLD TIMES ON THE MISSISSIPPI" 9 min 100 XCIX. A TYPEWRITER, AND A JOKE ON ALDRICH 10 min 101 C. RAYMOND, MENTAL TELEGRAPHY, ETC 20 min 102 CI. CONCLUDING "TOM SAWYER", MARK TWAIN's "EDITORS" 7 min 103 CII. "SKETCHES NEW AND OLD" 9 min 104 CIII. "ATLANTIC" DAYS 8 min 105 CIV. MARK TWAIN AND HIS WIFE 13 min
