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Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2: The Difficulty of Speaking the Truth

from Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2: The Difficulty of Speaking the Truth held on November 19, 2014

Wed, Nov 19 2014 - 12:00pm

Harriet Elinor Smith, Editor

Mark Twain wanted to write a completely candid autobiography, without "shirkings of the truth," so he decided to speak from the grave 100 years after his death. The Mark Twain Papers Project at the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley has fulfilled that desire. Editor Smith will discuss Twain's numerous observations about the difficulty of speaking the truth, and the strategies he adopted to remove his inhibitions, illustrating her talk with passages he suppressed during his lifetime. Come hear Mark Twain's "whole, frank mind" highlighted by his characteristic blend of humor and ire.

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