num_pages: 414
description: This Readers Edition a portable paperback in larger type republishes the text of the New York Times bestselling hardcover Autobiography in a form that is convenient for the general reader without the editorial explanatory notes. It includes a brief introduction describing the evolution of Mark Twains ideas about writing his autobiography as well as a chronology of his life brief family biographies and an excerpt from the forthcoming Autobiography of Mark Twain Volume 2a controversial but characteristically humorous attack on Christian doctrine.The year 2010 marked the 100th anniversary of Mark Twains death. In celebration of this important milestone and in honor of the cherished tradition of publishing Mark Twains works UC Press published Autobiography of Mark Twain Volume 1 the first of a projected three-volume edition of the complete uncensored autobiography. The book became an immediate bestseller and was hailed as the capstone of the lifes work of Americas favorite author.Read an excerpt here: Autobiography of Mark Twain Volume 1:The Complete and Authoritative Edition by Mark Twain by University of California Press
language: English
title: Autobiography of Mark Twain: Volume 1, Reader's Edition
publisher: University of California Press