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A similar project was proposed later, resulting in the 1908 collaborative work The Whole Family, though Twain declined the offer to participate. [2] The scheme for "A Murder, a Mystery, and a Marriage" failed, and Twain was the only one to flesh out the plot. The resulting manuscript remained unpublished until it was purchased by Lew D. Feldman.
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Twain tells his readers that his autobiography won't be about “showy episodes” in his life, but rather about common experiences from the life of an average person. Then he writes about a conversation he has with American author and lifelong friend, William Dean Howells , and tells him that this autobiography will help set the standard for ...
[201] The riverboatman's cry was "mark twain" or, more fully, "by the mark twain", meaning "according to the mark [on the line], [the depth is] two [fathoms]"; that is, "The water is 12 feet (3.7 m) deep and it is safe to pass." Twain said that his famous pen name was not entirely his invention. In Life on the Mississippi, Twain wrote:
The Official Web Site of Mark Twain; Mark Twain Journal Coverage: 1954-2011 (Vols. 9-49). Published by: Alan Gribben. The Mark Twain Annual Coverage: 2003-2014. Published by: Penn State University Press. Mark Twain Journal Center for Mark Twain Studies, Elmira College, One Park Place, Elmira, NY 14901; My Platonic Sweetheart by Mark Twain
Letters from the Earth is a posthumously published work of American author Mark Twain (1835–1910) collated by Bernard DeVoto. [2] [1] It comprises essays written during a difficult time in Twain's life (1904–1909), when he was deeply in debt and had recently lost his wife and one of his daughters. [3]
Old Times on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain. It was published in 1876. A serialized version of the work first appeared in the Atlantic Monthly Magazine published in 1875. It was later incorporated into his 1883 work, Life on the Mississippi.