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The Boys' Life of Mark Twain

Albert Bigelow Paine

Book Overview: 

Albert Bigelow Paine was Samuel Langhorne Clemens’ (Mark Twain’s) biographer. He lived with Twain, collecting ideas and material for a biography, for a few years before Twain’s death in 1910. Six years later Paine published this “story of a man who made the world laugh and love him.”

For those who have read or listened to Mark Twain’s works, Paine’s work is an invaluable resource to better understand Twain, the stories behind his stories and his life with those he loved and with whom he worked.

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Saturday Post," to send letters of travel, which might even be made into a book later on. George Reese, owner of the "Post," agreed to pay five dollars each for the letters, which speaks well for his faith in Samuel Clemens's talent, five dollars being good pay for that time and place—more than the letters were worth, judged by present standards. The first was dated Cincinnati, November 14, 1856, and was certainly not promising literature. It was written in the ridiculous dialect which was once thought to be the dress of humor; and while here and there is a comic flash, there is in it little promise of the future Mark Twain. One extract is enough:

"When we got to the depo', I went around to git a look at the iron hoss. Thunderation! It wasn't no more like a hoss than a meetin'- house. If I was goin' to describe the animule, I'd say it looked like—well, it looked like—blamed if I know what it looked like, snorting fire. . . Read More

Community Reviews

I haven't finished this book yet, but I feel the strong urge to review it. This book is easy to read, with occasional witty remarks and excerpts from mark twain himself; making me feel closer than ever to this remarkable figure. Snorts were echoed, giggles erupted and tears were shed when Mark Twain

Fascinating biography of an extraordinary author. Very nicely written...un-put-down-able!

This is a short, compact version of Albert Bigelow Paine’s official biography of Mark Twain, ideal for those who wish to learn about the most significant events of Twain’s life without having to wade through three volumes and approx. 1500 pages.

Bigelow Paine loved, adored, worshipped and idolized Ma

I don't normally read biographies. I'm more interested in narrative fiction. But for my lecture series I was asked to focus on the life of great authors. It seemed like a no-brainer move to follow Twain's autobiography with The Boy's Life of Mark Twain, written by a man who lived with Twain at the e