EPISODE · Jul 31, 2022 · 18 MIN
Mark Twain's autobiography, and The Dog as Beautiful as a Girl
from StocktonAfterClass · host Ronald Stockton
Send us Fan MailA few years ago Jane and I were in Hannibal, the home town of Mark Twain. We did all the touristy stuff -- the Becky Thatcher house, the Tom Sawyer cave. We also went into a book store where I saw the autobiography of Mark Twain. This was not a typical autobiography. He tried that and stopped. Then he decided to invent a new form of autobiography. He would just write individual segments, often just 4-6 pages long. He threw those into a box, in no particular order. His instructions to the person who was executor of his estate was to put these together into a book but NOT in chronological order. The result is wonderful. (The Autobiography of Mark Twain, edited by Charles Neider. I hope some of you will buy it) I have a few more things to tell you along the way, about visiting his house in Hartford, about some things he wrote, but the best part of this podcast is a reading of his story about needing $3.00, and meeting a beautiful dog with beautiful eyes. Well, listen away. I think you will like this.
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Send us Fan Mail A few years ago Jane and I were in Hannibal, the home town of Mark Twain. We did all the touristy stuff -- the Becky Thatcher house, the Tom Sawyer cave. We also went into a book store where I saw the autobiography of Mark Twain. This was not a typical autobiography. He tried that and stopped. Then he decided to invent a new form of autobiography. He would just write individual segments, often just 4-6 pages long. He threw those into ...
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