Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1 by Twain, Mark

The year 2010 marked the 100th anniversary of Mark Twain's death. In celebration of this important milestone and in honor of the cherished tradition of publishing Mark Twain's works, UC Press published Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1, the first of a three-volume edition of the complete, uncensored autobiography. The book became an immediate bestseller and was hailed as the capstone of the life's work of America's favorite author.

This Reader's Edition, a portable paperback in larger type, republishes the text of the 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 Twain's ideas about writing his autobiography, as well as a chronology of his life, and brief family biographies.

Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 03/26/2012
Pages: 440
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.33lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.03w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780520272255

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 04/29/2012 pg. 24

About the Author
Harriet Elinor Smith is an editor at the Mark Twain Project, which is housed within the Mark Twain Papers, the world's largest archive of primary materials by this major American writer. Under the direction of General Editor Robert H. Hirst, the Project's editors are producing the first comprehensive edition of all of Mark Twain's writings.