{"product_id":"mark-twains-own-autobiography","title":"Mark Twain's Own Autobiography","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eMark Twain's Own Autobiography\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMark Twain\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780299125448\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eUniversity of Wisconsin Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1990\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e288\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition: \u003c\/b\u003eUsed Copy\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\"I intend that this autobiography . . . shall be read and admired a good many centuries because of its form and method-a form and method whereby the past and the present are constantly brought face to face, resulting in contrasts which newly fire up the interest all along, like contact of flint with steel.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThus Mark Twain began the first of the twenty-five \"Chapters from My Autobiography\" published in the North American Review 1906-1907. Those chapters contain a unified account of Twain's life recorded in his own unmistakable voice; in them we read his life's story as he intended it to be read and savored.\u003cbr\u003e More than just the story of a literary career, \u003ci\u003eMark Twain's Own Autobiography\u003c\/i\u003e is securely anchored in the writer's relation to his family. His memories of his beloved wife Livy and daughter Susy-what they meant to him as a husband, a father, and an artist-constitute a poignant self-portrait. At the same time, this text draws on Twain's immense autobiographical writings for some of his best comic anecdotes, such as those that recall his rambunctious boyhood in Hannibal, his misadventures in the Nevada territory, and his notorious Whittier birthday speech.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark Twain's Own Autobiography\u003c\/i\u003e stands as the last of Twain's great yarns. Here he tells his story in his own way, freely expressing his joys and sorrows, his affections and hatreds, his rages and reverence-ending, as always, tongue-in-cheek: \"Now, then, that is the tale. Some of it is true.\"\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Mark Twain's Own Autobiography | Mark Twain | Paperback | 9780299125448 | Used: Very Good | Memoir 1563671","offer_id":48699623473304,"sku":"1563671","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/51f2dVQnH4L.jpg?v=1771958981","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/mark-twains-own-autobiography","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}