Mark Twain's last story debuts in gold country

[Kadie]

Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010
Twain's last story debuts in gold country
By John Holland


ANGELS CAMP — Mark Twain had a dying wish — that the public not see his complete autobiography for 100 years.
Time's up.

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"This is his uncensored work that he wanted to hold back for 100 years," said Bob Rogers, an organizer of the Mark Twain Motherlode Festival, where the unveiling will take place. "He really didn't want his family embarrassed or his friends embarrassed."

Twain seemed to rarely shy from speaking his mind during a life that took him from Mississippi River steamboats to Mother Lode goldfields to the South Seas. But in the autobiography, dictated to his secretary starting in 1906, he was an especially fierce critic of the nation's political and religious culture.

In an excerpt from UC Press, Twain complained that financier Jay Gould "rotted the commercial morals of this nation and left them stinking when he died."
He believed the Christian faith of Americans had declined into "nothing but a shell, a sham, a hypocrisy."


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[Ichingcarpenter]

1. I can't wait to read it I didn't know this info

He's one of my favorite writers


During the Spanish-American War, Twain became a fervent anti-imperialist, even joining the Anti-Imperialist League. His sentiments about the war and the war in the Phillippines were published nationwide.

[gateley]

2. Boy, I bet this will be interesting! Thanks! nt

[Ian David]

3. Oh, good. Maybe he'll finally explain THIS...

[Kadie]

6. LOL n/t

[Kablooie]

7. Yeah. Where did he get to know Peewee Herman?

[hunter]

9. Nope. Not until the 24th century.

Twain was adamant about that.

[alfredo]

4. I can't wait to read it.

[glitch]

5. Thanks for posting! Yet another must read book to get. K & R nt

[gulliver]

8. Just ordered it.

Can't wait to read it. Thanks for the reminder.

[JitterbugPerfume]

10. I pre ordered it

and I can't wait for it to finally get here!