Thursday, July 08, 2010

"The Book Went On and Finished Itself without Any Trouble"

"Since Twain's death, four different editors have taken a stab at publishing portions of his biography, despite Twain's wishes to wait 100 years. But the project at Berkeley, a team of editors working from the original manuscript, will mark the first time the entire document is published, including controversial parts.
"Harriet Elinor Smith is the official editor of the autobiography. She's been working here for more than 30 years. And she says that among the writings Twain wanted to suppress was his somewhat shocking view of Christianity."

Spencer Michels on the PBS Newshour reports on the upcoming publication of Mark Twain's autobiography.

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