Robin Field

Mark Twain in Eruption

In the process of creating his autobiography, Mark Twain decided not to publish it until well after his death, in order to give himself the freedom to say whatever he pleased—and not offend living persons and their families. It was first published in 1923–24 in highly edited form. In 1940 these previously unpublished autobiographical pieces were edited by Bernard DeVoto, published by Harper.

Disc 1

  1. Opening • Theodore Roosevelt: The Monarchy • The Panic • The Hunting of the Cow 24:00

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  2. Theodore Roosevelt: The Hunting of the Cow (Concluded) • The President as Advertiser 18:22

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  3. Theodore Roosevelt: Naturalist and Nature-Fakir • The True Character of Mr. Roosevelt 21:41

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  4. Theodore Roosevelt: The True Character of Mr. Roosevelt (Concluded) 10:36

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Disc 2

  1. Theodore Roosevelt: The American Gentleman • Domitian 4:39

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  2. Andrew Carnegie 18:27

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  3. Andrew Carnegie (Continued) 16:56

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  4. Andrew Carnegie (Concluded) 22:24

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  5. The Plutocracy: The Drift toward Centralized Power 11:30

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Disc 3

  1. The Plutocracy: Purchasing Civic Virtue 10:17

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  2. The Plutocracy: Senator Clark of Montana 14:35

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  3. The Plutocracy: The Teaching of Jay Gould • The Teaching Applied 13:31

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  4. The Plutocracy: Mr. Rockefeller’s Bible Class 19:02

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  5. The Plutocracy: The Little Tale 10:48

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Disc 4

  1. The Plutocracy: Illustration of a Fine Art • ABC Lesson 20:13

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  2. Hannibal Days: A Corn-Pone Prayer 6:37

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  3. Hannibal Days: The Minstrel Show 17:04

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  4. Hannibal Days: The Mesmerist 15:18

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  5. Hannibal Days: The Mesmerist (Continued) 13:02

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Disc 5

  1. Hannibal Days: The Mesmerist (Concluded) 10:40

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  2. Hannibal Days: Jim Wolf and the Wasps 12:57

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  3. Two Halos: The Jumping Frog • The American Publishing Company 25:49

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  4. Two Halos: James R. Osgood 21:06

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Disc 6

  1. Two Halos: Setting Up as a Publisher 10:33

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  2. Two Halos: General Grant’s Publisher 18:23

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  3. Two Halos: General Grant’s Publisher (Concluded) 15:46

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  4. Two Halos: Failure of a Publisher 18:05

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  5. In a Writer’s Workshop: When a Book Gets Tired 9:59

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Disc 7

  1. In a Writer’s Workshop: Humorists 6:02

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  2. In a Writer’s Workshop: 1601 • A Connecticut Yankee 21:25

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  3. In a Writer’s Workshop: Platform Readings 25:39

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  4. In a Writer’s Workshop: Platform Readings (Concluded) 10:10

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  5. In a Writer’s Workshop: The Snodgrass Letters 11:48

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Disc 8

  1. In a Writer’s Workshop: The Snodgrass Letters (Concluded) • What Is Man? 23:29

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  2. In a Writer’s Workshop: Extract from Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven • The Fortifications of Paris • The Report of My Death 23:10

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  3. Various Literary People: Bret Harte 21:14

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  4. Various Literary People: Bret Harte (Continued) 9:54

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Disc 9

  1. Various Literary People: Bret Harte (Continued) 25:08

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  2. Various Literary People: Bret Harte (Concluded) 25:03

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  3. Various Literary People: The Memorial to Thomas Bailey Aldrich 25:58

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Disc 10

  1. Various Literary People: Murat Halstead and Bayard Taylor • Thomas Bailey Aldrich • Kipling 21:09

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  2. Various Literary People: Elinor Glyn 14:52

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  3. The Last Visit to England: White and Red • Marie Corelli 19:15

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  4. The Last Visit to England: Winston Churchill • Sidney Lee 20:36

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Disc 11

  1. The Last Visit to England: The Holy Grail 17:19

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  2. Miscellany 22:56

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  3. Miscellany (Continued) 17:13

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  4. Miscellany (Continued) 12:12

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Disc 12

  1. Miscellany (Continued) 17:24

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  2. Miscellany (Continued) 9:53

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  3. Miscellany (Concluded) 18:29

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