The Autobiography of Mark Twain
by Mark Twain, Charles Neider · first published 1917
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An autobiography in which American author Mark Twain, writing from his deathbed, tells the story of his life and experiences.
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on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2018?” ↗…Douglas), Eugene Meyer bio (Father of Kay Graham, Chair of Fed in 30s), Max Planck bio, John Kenneth Galbraith’s Ambassadors Journal, Set of the Harvard Classics, Copey of Harvard by James Donald Adams, Autobiography of Mark Twain, Federalist Papers, Capital (history of Capital Group) by Charley Ellis, Current Value Line Binder, Set of Shakespeare at the top, Possibly a set of Balzac. From a photo of his last interview in the…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2023 and recommend for 2024” ↗…the University of California and the Mark Twain Foundation claiming a copyright on his autobiography, written circa 1909, until 2047 - 137 years after his death.[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autobiography_of_Mark_Twain#Ma...
on “Museums with CC0 Collections” ↗Also BN for slightly less: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Autobiography-of-Mark-Twain...
on “Dead for a Century, Twain Says What He Meant” ↗There's lots more about this in The Autobiography of Mark Twain. See http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520267190 or http://www.amazon.com/Autobiography-Mark-Twain-Complete-Auth...
on “The Paige Compositor (1997)” ↗…have to wait years before they can pay off the costs of production? The only people who have some inherent right to enjoy their product are the ones who created it. Samuel Clemens directed that the Autobiography of Mark Twain be published 100 years after his death, which was 2010. Why did we have to wait for that? Because of intellectual property laws. Poorer people have to wait, because the developers have high rent and…
on “Pirate our games, don't buy them from key resellers, say indies” ↗I think that comment was about Twain's autobiography, not Grant's: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autobiography_of_Mark_Twain#.... I remember when it first came out, which was surprisingly recently, in 2010. They published it in secret in 2001 so that it is not considered "unpublished" and doesn't enter public domain in 2003.…
on “Mark Twain's two-week stint as a Confederate soldier” ↗