Chapters from My Autobiography
Beginning in 1906, Clemens dictated a long and complex autobiographical manuscript. He published selected chapters from this extensive dictation in the North American Review, in 26 installments, and it is this version that is published here. He reflects on his childhood, ponders his career as a writer, and recalls the joy and the pain of being a husband and a father.
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Chapters from My Autobiography
Beginning in 1906, Clemens dictated a long and complex autobiographical manuscript. He published selected chapters from this extensive dictation in the North American Review, in 26 installments, and it is this version that is published here. He reflects on his childhood, ponders his career as a writer, and recalls the joy and the pain of being a husband and a father.
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Chapters from My Autobiography

Chapters from My Autobiography

by Mark Twain
Chapters from My Autobiography

Chapters from My Autobiography

by Mark Twain

Overview

Beginning in 1906, Clemens dictated a long and complex autobiographical manuscript. He published selected chapters from this extensive dictation in the North American Review, in 26 installments, and it is this version that is published here. He reflects on his childhood, ponders his career as a writer, and recalls the joy and the pain of being a husband and a father.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783842443389
Publisher: Tredition Classics
Publication date: 11/03/2011
Pages: 310
Product dimensions: 5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x 0.65(d)

About the Author

About The Author
Mark Twain wurde am 30.11.1835 in Florida (Missouri) geboren. Sein eigentlicher Name ist Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Der Vater starb 1847 und Twain mußte im Alter von zwölf Jahren die Schule abbrechen und begann eine Lehre als Schriftsetzer. Mit 17 Jahren ging er nach New York, dann nach Philadelphia, wo er die ersten Reiseskizzen schrieb.

Von 1857 bis 1860 war er Lotse auf dem Mississippi, nahm am Sezessionskrieg auf der Seite der Konföderierten teil und war 1861 Silbersucher in Nevada. 1864 lebte er in San Francisco, 1866 als Reporter auf Hawaii und 1867 als Reisender in Europa und Palästina. Er gründete einen Verlag, mußte aber 1894 Konkurs anmelden und ging auf Weltreise, um mit Vorträgen seine Schulden abzutragen.

Mark Twain starb am 21.04.1910 in Redding (Connecticut).

Date of Birth:

November 30, 1835

Date of Death:

April 21, 1910

Place of Birth:

Florida, Missouri

Place of Death:

Redding, Connecticut
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