MARK TWAIN A BIOGRAPHY

THE PERSONAL AND LITERARY LIFE OF SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS

BY ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE

CONTENTS

VOLUME I, Part 1: 1835-1866

AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT

PREFATORY NOTE

MARK TWAIN—A BIOGRAPHY
I. ANCESTORS
II. THE FORTUNES OF JOHN AND JANE CLEMENS
III. A HUMBLE BIRTHPLACE
IV. BEGINNING A LONG JOURNEY
V. THE WAY OF FORTUNE
VI. A NEW HOME
VII. THE LITTLE TOWN OF HANNIBAL.
VIII. THE FARM
IX. SCHOOL-DAYS
X. EARLY VICISSITUDE AND SORROW
XI. DAYS OF EDUCATION
XII. TOM SAWYER'S BAND
XIII. THE GENTLER SIDE
XIV. THE PASSING OF JOHN CLEMENS
XV. A YOUNG BEN FRANKLIN
XVI. THE TURNING-POINT
XVII. THE HANNIBAL "JOURNAL"
XVIII. THE BEGINNING OF A LITERARY LIFE
XIX. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF FRANKLIN
XX. KEOKUK DAYS
XXI. SCOTCHMAN NAMED MACFARLANE
XXII. THE OLD CALL OF THE RIVER
XXIII. THE SUPREME SCIENCE
XXIV. THE RIVER CURRICULUM
XXV. LOVE-MAKING AND ADVENTURE
XXVI. THE TRAGEDY OF THE "PENNSYLVANIA"
XXVII. THE PILOT
XXVIII. PILOTING AND PROPHECY
XXIX. THE END OF PILOTING
XXX. THE SOLDIER
XXXI. OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY
XXXII. THE PIONEER
XXXIII. THE PROSPECTOR
XXXIV. TERRITORIAL CHARACTERISTICS
XXXV. THE MINER
XXXVI. LAST MINING DAYS
XXXVII. THE NEW ESTATE
XXXVIII. ONE OF THE "STAFF"
XXXIX. PHILOSOPHY AND