TY - BOOK ID - 77896916 TI - Autobiography of Mark Twain. AU - Twain, Mark AU - Griffin, Benjamin AU - Smith, Harriet Elinor AU - Fischer, Victor AU - Frank, Michael B AU - Goetz, Sharon K AU - Myrick, Leslie Diane AU - Bancroft Library. PY - 2013 SN - 0520956516 9780520956513 9780520267190 0520267192 0520272781 9780520272781 9780520961869 0520961862 1299941125 9786612754418 0520946995 1282754416 9780520946996 9781282754416 6612754419 PB - Berkeley, California DB - UniCat KW - Authors, American KW - Twain, Mark, KW - Twain, Mark KW - Tvėn, Mark KW - Tuėĭn, Mark KW - Tuwayn, Mārk KW - Twayn, Mārk KW - Tʻu-wen, Ma-kʻo KW - Tven, M. KW - Touen, Makū KW - Twain, Marek KW - Make Tuwen KW - Tuwen, Make KW - Make Teviin KW - Твен, Марк KW - Touain, Mark KW - טבןַ, מרק, KW - טוויין, מארק, KW - טוויין, מרק, KW - טווין, מארק, KW - טווין, מרק, KW - טווען, מארק, KW - טוין, מרק, KW - טװען, מארק, KW - טװײן, מארק, KW - 馬克吐温, KW - Tuvāyn, Mārk KW - Tvāyn, Mārk KW - تواين، مارک KW - Clemens, Samuel Langhorne KW - Snodgrass, Quintus Curtius KW - Conte, Louis de KW - american historian. KW - american history. KW - american literature. KW - atypical memoir. KW - autobiography. KW - daily dictations. KW - english professor. KW - great american writers. KW - historical figures. KW - humorist. KW - literary history. KW - mark twain project. KW - memoir. KW - notable american figures. KW - pen name. KW - pseudonym. KW - southern history. KW - third volume. KW - 19th century. KW - 20th century authors. KW - adventures. KW - american authors. KW - american lit. KW - american south. KW - american. KW - classics. KW - coming of age. KW - critic. KW - engaging. KW - famous authors. KW - free thoughts. KW - historical. KW - life journey. KW - life lessons. KW - life story. KW - literary criticism. KW - literary icon. KW - literary. KW - lively. KW - mark twain. KW - nonfiction. KW - opinionated. KW - page turner. KW - public figure. KW - students and teachers. KW - twain scholars. KW - uncensored. KW - america. KW - curiosity. KW - europe. KW - huckleberry finn. KW - humorous. KW - lecturer. KW - legendary writer. KW - life changes. KW - lit students. KW - literary career. KW - literary critics. KW - literary figures. KW - literature studies. KW - mark twain papers. KW - memoirs. KW - novelist. KW - private life. KW - public image. KW - samuel clemens. KW - tom sawyer. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77896916 AB - "I've struck it!" Mark Twain wrote in a 1904 letter to a friend. "And I will give it away-to you. You will never know how much enjoyment you have lost until you get to dictating your autobiography." Thus, after dozens of false starts and hundreds of pages, Twain embarked on his "Final (and Right) Plan" for telling the story of his life. His innovative notion-to "talk only about the thing which interests you for the moment"-meant that his thoughts could range freely. The strict instruction that many of these texts remain unpublished for 100 years meant that when they came out, he would be "dead, and unaware, and indifferent," and that he was therefore free to speak his "whole frank mind." The year 2010 marks the 100th anniversary of Twain's death. In celebration of this important milestone and in honor of the cherished tradition of publishing Mark Twain's works, UC Press is proud to offer for the first time Mark Twain's uncensored autobiography in its entirety and exactly as he left it. This major literary event brings to readers, admirers, and scholars the first of three volumes and presents Mark Twain's authentic and unsuppressed voice, brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions, and speaking clearly from the grave as he intended. Editors: Harriet E. Smith, Benjamin Griffin, Victor Fischer, Michael B. Frank, Sharon K. Goetz, Leslie Myrick ER -