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

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

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Original author: Albert Bigelow Paine

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Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume I, Part 1: 1835-1866, by Albert Bigelow Paine. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #2982.

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54 Chapters

  1. 1.Front Matter473 words
  2. 2.Chapter I: Ancestors1,010 words
  3. 3.Chapter II: The Fortunes of John and Jane Clemens1,381 words
  4. 4.Chapter III: A Humble Birthplace1,216 words
  5. 5.Chapter IV: Beginning a Long Journey1,528 words
  6. 6.Chapter V: The Way of Fortune663 words
  7. 7.Chapter VI: A New Home1,029 words
  8. 8.Chapter VII: The Little Town of Hannibal1,504 words
  9. 9.Chapter VIII: The Farm1,107 words
  10. 10.Chapter IX: School-Days1,731 words
  11. 11.Chapter X: Early Vicissitude and Sorrow1,455 words
  12. 12.Chapter XI: Days of Education3,119 words
  13. 13.Chapter XII: Tom Sawyer’s Band3,418 words
  14. 14.Chapter XIII: The Gentler Side1,250 words
  15. 15.Chapter XIV: The Passing of John Clemens534 words
  16. 16.Chapter XV: A Young Ben Franklin2,181 words
  17. 17.Chapter XVI: The Turning-Point695 words
  18. 18.Chapter XVII: The Hannibal “journal”1,604 words
  19. 19.Chapter XVIII: The Beginning of a Literary Life1,497 words
  20. 20.Chapter XIX: In the Footsteps of Franklin2,987 words
  21. 21.Chapter XX: Keokuk Days2,774 words
  22. 22.Chapter XXI: Scotchman Named Macfarlane1,197 words
  23. 23.Chapter XXII: The Old Call of the River1,342 words
  24. 24.Chapter XXIII: The Supreme Science2,006 words
  25. 25.Chapter XXIV: The River Curriculum1,406 words
  26. 26.Chapter XXV: Love-Making and Adventure1,991 words
  27. 27.Chapter XXVI: The Tragedy of the “pennsylvania”1,771 words
  1. 28.Chapter XXVII: The Pilot1,924 words
  2. 29.Chapter XXVIII: Piloting and Prophecy2,983 words
  3. 30.Chapter XXIX: The End of Piloting797 words
  4. 31.Chapter XXX: The Soldier2,138 words
  5. 32.Chapter XXXI: Over the Hills and Far Away1,009 words
  6. 33.Chapter XXXII: The Pioneer2,361 words
  7. 34.Chapter XXXIII: The Prospector1,702 words
  8. 35.Chapter XXXIV: Territorial Characteristics1,622 words
  9. 36.Chapter XXXV: The Miner2,537 words
  10. 37.Chapter XXXVI: Last Mining Days1,244 words
  11. 38.Chapter XXXVII: The New Estate1,454 words
  12. 39.Chapter XXXVIII: One of the “staff”1,955 words
  13. 40.Chapter XXXIX: Philosophy and Poetry729 words
  14. 41.Chapter XL: “mark Twain”1,345 words
  15. 42.Chapter XLI: The Cream of Comstock Humor2,342 words
  16. 43.Chapter XLII: Reportorial Days1,762 words
  17. 44.Chapter XLIII: Artemus Ward1,412 words
  18. 45.Chapter XLIV: Governor of the “third House”1,685 words
  19. 46.Chapter XLV: A Comstock Duel1,245 words
  20. 47.Chapter XLVI: Getting Settled in San Francisco1,158 words
  21. 48.Chapter XLVII: Bohemian Days1,958 words
  22. 49.Chapter XLVIII: The Refuge of the Hills1,843 words
  23. 50.Chapter XLIX: The Jumping Frog1,174 words
  24. 51.Chapter L: Back to the Tumult619 words
  25. 52.Chapter LI: The Corner-Stone1,251 words
  26. 53.Chapter LII: A Commission to the Sandwich Islands1,170 words
  27. 54.Chapter LIII: Anson Burlingame and the “hornet” Disaster1,721 words