Read Twain's story in his own words before you read any other biography of Samuel L. Clemens. "The Autobiography of Mark Twain," edited by Twain scholar, Charles Neider, was published in 1959. Neider abridged the original three volume autobiographical musings (compiled and published by Albert Bigelow Paine after Twain's death) into this witty, accessible, and chronological autobiography--"mostly true," as Twain would admit. 508 page paperback with 30 photographs.