Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume 1: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume 1, credited to Albert Bigelow Paine, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume 1 by Albert Bigelow Paine. Read in English by John Greenman Until recently, this work has been considered the "go-to" bio of Mark Twain. Albert Bigelow Paine (July 10, 1861 – April 9, 1937) was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. This recording of Paine's exhaustive biography covers Twain's personal and literary life in detail, heretofore unapproached. - Summary by John Greenman and Wikipedia

Recording facts

• Recording title: Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume 1
• Author credits: Albert Bigelow Paine
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 105
• Listed recording duration: 21:30:31

Catalogue topics

• twain
• mark
• clemens
• samuel
• biography

Opening tracks: first 24 of 105

1. 000 - INTRODUCTION - VOLUME I, Part 1: 1835-1866 — 4:13
2. 001 - I. ANCESTORS — 7:47
3. 002 - II. THE FORTUNES OF JOHN AND JANE CLEMENS — 10:00
4. 003 - III. A HUMBLE BIRTHPLACE — 8:44
5. 004 - IV. BEGINNING A LONG JOURNEY — 11:09
6. 005 - V. THE WAY OF FORTUNE — 5:04
7. 006 - VI. A NEW HOME — 7:23
8. 007 - VII. THE LITTLE TOWN OF HANNIBAL — 11:01
9. 008 - VIII. THE FARM — 8:47
10. 009 - IX. SCHOOL-DAYS — 12:10
11. 010 - X. EARLY VICISSITUDE AND SORROW — 10:44
12. 011 - XI. DAYS OF EDUCATION — 22:07
13. 012 - XII. TOM SAWYER'S BAND — 22:55
14. 013 - XIII. THE GENTLER SIDE — 9:17
15. 014 - XIV. THE PASSING OF JOHN CLEMENS — 4:20
16. 015 - XV. A YOUNG BEN FRANKLIN — 15:19
17. 016 - XVI. THE TURNING-POINT — 5:15
18. 017 - XVII. THE HANNIBAL “JOURNAL” — 11:15
19. 018 - XVIII. THE BEGINNING OF A LITERARY LIFE — 10:55
20. 019 - XIX. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF FRANKLIN — 23:46
21. 020 - XX. KEOKUK DAYS — 20:38
22. 021 - XXI. SCOTCHMAN NAMED MACFARLANE — 9:03
23. 022 - XXII. THE OLD CALL OF THE RIVER — 10:10
24. 023 - XXIII. THE SUPREME SCIENCE — 17:19

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