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

Paine, Albert Bigelow

Read by John Greenman · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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000 - INTRODUCTION - VOLUME I, Part 1: 1835-1866 (4:13)
001 - I. ANCESTORS (7:46)
002 - II. THE FORTUNES OF JOHN AND JANE CLEMENS (9:59)
003 - III. A HUMBLE BIRTHPLACE (8:43)
004 - IV. BEGINNING A LONG JOURNEY (11:09)
005 - V. THE WAY OF FORTUNE (5:04)
006 - VI. A NEW HOME (7:22)
007 - VII. THE LITTLE TOWN OF HANNIBAL (11:00)
008 - VIII. THE FARM (8:46)
009 - IX. SCHOOL-DAYS (12:10)
010 - X. EARLY VICISSITUDE AND SORROW (10:44)
011 - XI. DAYS OF EDUCATION (22:07)
012 - XII. TOM SAWYER'S BAND (22:55)
013 - XIII. THE GENTLER SIDE (9:17)
014 - XIV. THE PASSING OF JOHN CLEMENS (4:19)
015 - XV. A YOUNG BEN FRANKLIN (15:19)
016 - XVI. THE TURNING-POINT (5:15)
017 - XVII. THE HANNIBAL “JOURNAL” (11:14)
018 - XVIII. THE BEGINNING OF A LITERARY LIFE (10:55)
019 - XIX. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF FRANKLIN (23:45)
020 - XX. KEOKUK DAYS (20:37)
021 - XXI. SCOTCHMAN NAMED MACFARLANE (9:03)
022 - XXII. THE OLD CALL OF THE RIVER (10:09)
023 - XXIII. THE SUPREME SCIENCE (17:19)
024 - XXIV. THE RIVER CURRICULUM (11:22)
025 - XXV. LOVE-MAKING AND ADVENTURE (15:52)
026 - XXVI. THE TRAGEDY OF THE “PENNSYLVANIA” (13:45)
027 - XXVII. THE PILOT (14:53)
028 - XXVIII. PILOTING AND PROPHECY (25:31)
029 - XXIX. THE END OF PILOTING (5:59)
030 - XXX. THE SOLDIER (13:55)
031 - XXXI. OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY (8:00)
032 - XXXII. THE PIONEER (19:22)
033 - XXXIII. THE PROSPECTOR (13:23)
034 - XXXIV. TERRITORIAL CHARACTERISTICS (13:21)
035 - XXXV. THE MINER (19:01)
036 - XXXVI. LAST MINING DAYS (10:35)
037 - XXXVII. THE NEW ESTATE (10:47)
038 - XXXVIII. ONE OF THE “STAFF” (15:19)
039 - XXXIX. PHILOSOPHY AND POETRY (6:18)
040 - XL. “MARK TWAIN” (10:10)
041 - XLI. THE CREAM OF COMSTOCK HUMOR (17:34)
042 - XLII REPORTORIAL DAYS (14:16)
043 - XLIII. ARTEMUS WARD (11:05)
044 - XLIV. GOVERNOR OF THE “THIRD HOUSE” (14:13)
045 - XLV. A COMSTOCK DUEL (8:32)
046 - XLVI. GETTING SETTLED IN SAN FRANCISCO (8:55)
047 - XLVII. BOHEMIAN DAYS (15:26)
048 - XLVIII. THE REFUGE OF THE HILLS (13:02)
049 - XLIX. THE JUMPING FROG (8:49)
050 - L. BACK TO THE TUMULT (5:47)
051 - LI. THE CORNER-STONE (9:23)
052 - LII. A COMMISSION TO THE SANDWICH ISLANDS (9:51)
053 - LIII. ANSON BURLINGAME AND THE “HORNET” DISASTER (13:01)
054 - VOLUME I, Part 2: 1866-1875 LIV. THE LECTURER (11:22)
055 - LV. HIGHWAY ROBBERY (15:17)
056 - LVI. BACK TO THE STATES (8:41)
057 - LVII. OLD FRIENDS AND NEW PLANS (7:39)
058 - LVIII. A NEW BOOK AND A LECTURE (14:46)
059 - LIX. THE FIRST BOOK (14:03)
060 - LX. THE INNOCENTS AT SEA (17:24)
061 - LXI. THE INNOCENTS ABROAD (18:27)
062 - LXII. THE RETURN OF THE PILGRIMS (17:53)
063 - LXIII. IN WASHINGTON—A PUBLISHING PROPOSITION (15:40)
064 - LXIV. OLIVIA LANGDON (8:56)
065 - LXV. A CONTRACT WITH ELISHA BLISS, JR. (13:00)
066 - LXVI. BACK TO SAN FRANCISCO (11:18)
067 - LXVII. A VISIT TO ELMIRA (6:15)
068 - LXVIII. THE REV. “JOE” TWICHELL (7:02)
069 - LXIX. A LECTURE TOUR (8:06)
070 - LXX. INNOCENTS AT HOME—AND “THE INNOCENTS ABROAD” (11:31)
071 - LXXI. THE GREAT BOOK OF TRAVEL (6:44)
072 - LXXII. THE PURCHASE OF A PAPER (11:08)
073 - LXXIII. THE FIRST MEETING WITH HOWELLS (4:26)
074 - LXXIV. THE WEDDING-DAY (13:51)
075 - LXXV. AS TO DESTINY (2:20)
076 - LXXVI. ON THE BUFFALO “EXPRESS” (12:14)
077 - LXXVII. THE “GALAXY” (13:53)
078 - LXXVIII. THE PRIMROSE PATH (14:22)
079 - LXXIX. THE OLD HUMAN STORY (11:06)
080 - LXXX. LITERARY PROJECTS (16:44)
081 - LXXXI. SOME FURTHER LITERARY MATTERS (14:50)
082 - LXXXII. THE WRITING OF “ROUGHING IT” (20:40)
083 - LXXXIII. LECTURING DAYS (21:15)
084 - LXXXIV. "ROUGHING IT” (9:50)
085 - LXXXV. A BIRTH, A DEATH, AND A VOYAGE (10:01)
086 - LXXXVI. ENGLAND (9:15)
087 - LXXXVII. THE BOOK THAT WAS NEVER WRITTEN (25:35)
088 - LXXXVIII. "THE GILDED AGE” (13:47)
089 - LXXXIX. PLANNING A NEW HOME (4:08)
090 - XC. A LONG ENGLISH HOLIDAY (20:55)
091 - XCI. A LONDON LECTURE (11:13)
092 - XCII. FURTHER LONDON LECTURE TRIUMPHS (13:43)
093 - XCIII. THE REAL COLONEL SELLERS-GOLDEN DAYS (9:22)
094 - XCIV. BEGINNING “TOM SAWYER” (20:30)
095 - XCV. AN “ATLANTIC” STORY AND A PLAY (14:35)
096 - XCVI. THE NEW HOME (12:46)
097 - XCVII. THE WALK TO BOSTON (10:23)
098 - XCVIII. "OLD TIMES ON THE MISSISSIPPI” (8:34)
099 - XCIX. A TYPEWRITER, AND A JOKE ON ALDRICH (9:40)
100 - C. RAYMOND, MENTAL TELEGRAPHY, ETC. (20:14)
101 - CI. CONCLUDING “TOM SAWYER”—MARK TWAIN’s “EDITORS” (7:28)
102 - CII. "SKETCHES NEW AND OLD” (9:15)
103 - CIII. "ATLANTIC” DAYS (8:23)
104 - CIV. MARK TWAIN AND HIS WIFE (12:47)

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