Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 3 by Mark TwainMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This compendium of autobiographical material, like the other volumues available freely for online reading, is an entertaining and in insightful view into the wit and world of the great American humorist. For me, this concluding volume (I don't know that more are planned by O of C Press), is in two parts. The first part is the wit and worldview of Twain, from a detailed examination of “Wapping Alice” and the case of the supposed cross-dressing, to his considered views of the deficiencies of Teddy Roosevelt as president. The second half is a saddening look into the twilight of his life: he the The Autobiography was wasted and had to defend himself from a married servant couple from drinking, theft of property and wealth, and the cruel confinement of his epileptic daughter Jean Clemens beyond what was humane.
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