Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume I, Part 1: 1835-1866

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

Contents

• Mark Twain A Biography5
• The Personal And Literary Life Of Samuel Langhorne Clemens5
• VOLUME I, Part 1: 1835-18666
• AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT8
• PREFATORY NOTE9
• MARK TWAIN A BIOGRAPHY10
• I ANCESTORS11
• II THE FORTUNES OF JOHN AND JANE CLEMENS14
• III A HUMBLE BIRTHPLACE18
• IV BEGINNING A LONG JOURNEY22
• V THE WAY OF FORTUNE26
• VI A NEW HOME28
• VII THE LITTLE TOWN OF HANNIBAL31
• VIII THE FARM35
• IX SCHOOL-DAYS38
• X EARLY VICISSITUDE AND SORROW43
• XI DAYS OF EDUCATION47
• XII TOM SAWYER’S BAND55
• XIII THE GENTLER SIDE63
• XIV THE PASSING OF JOHN CLEMENS67
• XV A YOUNG BEN FRANKLIN69
• XVI THE TURNING-POINT75
• XVII THE HANNIBAL “JOURNAL”77
• XVIII THE BEGINNING OF A LITERARY LIFE81
• XIX IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF FRANKLIN85
• XX KEOKUK DAYS93
• XXI SCOTCHMAN NAMED MACFARLANE101
• XXII THE OLD CALL OF THE RIVER105
• XXIII THE SUPREME SCIENCE109
• XXIV THE RIVER CURRICULUM114
• XXV LOVE-MAKING AND ADVENTURE118
• XXVI THE TRAGEDY OF THE “PENNSYLVANIA”124
• XXVII THE PILOT129
• XXVIII PILOTING AND PROPHECY134
• XXIX THE END OF PILOTING142
• XXX THE SOLDIER145
• XXXI OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY150
• XXXII THE PIONEER153
• XXXIII THE PROSPECTOR160
• XXXIV TERRITORIAL CHARACTERISTICS165
• XXXV THE MINER170
• XXXVI LAST MINING DAYS177
• XXXVII THE NEW ESTATE181
• XXXVIII ONE OF THE “STAFF”185
• XXXIX PHILOSOPHY AND POETRY190
• XL “MARK TWAIN”193
• XLI THE CREAM OF COMSTOCK HUMOR197
• XLII REPORTORIAL DAYS.204
• XLIII ARTEMUS WARD209
• XLIV GOVERNOR OF THE “THIRD HOUSE”213
• XLV A COMSTOCK DUEL218
• XLVI GETTING SETTLED IN SAN FRANCISCO222
• XLVII BOHEMIAN DAYS226
• XLVIII THE REFUGE OF THE HILLS231
• XLIX THE JUMPING FROG236
• L BACK TO THE TUMULT240
• LI THE CORNER-STONE243
• LII A COMMISSION TO THE SANDWICH ISLANDS247
• LIII ANSON BURLINGAME AND THE “HORNET” DISASTER251
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE257

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