Mark Twain, A Biography. Volume I, Part 1: 1835-1866Mark Twain A BiographyReading editionChapter navigation57 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Mark Twain A BiographyVOLUME I, Part 1: 1835-1866AN ACKNOWLEDGMENTPREFATORY NOTEI ANCESTORSII THE FORTUNES OF JOHN AND JANE CLEMENSIII A HUMBLE BIRTHPLACEIV BEGINNING A LONG JOURNEYV THE WAY OF FORTUNEVI A NEW HOMEVII THE LITTLE TOWN OF HANNIBALVIII THE FARMIX SCHOOL-DAYSX EARLY VICISSITUDE AND SORROWXI DAYS OF EDUCATIONXII TOM SAWYER’S BANDXIII THE GENTLER SIDEXIV THE PASSING OF JOHN CLEMENSXV A YOUNG BEN FRANKLINXVI THE TURNING-POINTXVII THE HANNIBAL “JOURNAL”XVIII THE BEGINNING OF A LITERARY LIFEXIX IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF FRANKLINXX KEOKUK DAYSXXI SCOTCHMAN NAMED MACFARLANEXXII THE OLD CALL OF THE RIVERXXIII THE SUPREME SCIENCEXXIV THE RIVER CURRICULUMXXV LOVE-MAKING AND ADVENTUREXXVI THE TRAGEDY OF THE “PENNSYLVANIA”XXVII THE PILOTXXVIII PILOTING AND PROPHECYXXIX THE END OF PILOTINGXXX THE SOLDIERXXXI OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAYXXXII THE PIONEERXXXIII THE PROSPECTORXXXIV TERRITORIAL CHARACTERISTICSXXXV THE MINERXXXVI LAST MINING DAYSXXXVII THE NEW ESTATEXXXVIII ONE OF THE “STAFF”XXXIX PHILOSOPHY AND POETRYXL “MARK TWAIN”XLI THE CREAM OF COMSTOCK HUMORXLII REPORTORIAL DAYS.XLIII ARTEMUS WARDXLIV GOVERNOR OF THE “THIRD HOUSE”XLV A COMSTOCK DUELXLVI GETTING SETTLED IN SAN FRANCISCOXLVII BOHEMIAN DAYSXLVIII THE REFUGE OF THE HILLSXLIX THE JUMPING FROGL BACK TO THE TUMULTLI THE CORNER-STONELII A COMMISSION TO THE SANDWICH ISLANDSLIII ANSON BURLINGAME AND THE “HORNET” DISASTERBeginning of this editionNext chapter →VOLUME I, Part 1: 1835-1866All chapters and sections (57)Other sectionsMark Twain A BiographyParts1Part 1 · Other sectionsAN ACKNOWLEDGMENTPREFATORY NOTEI ANCESTORSII THE FORTUNES OF JOHN AND JANE CLEMENSIII A HUMBLE BIRTHPLACEIV BEGINNING A LONG JOURNEYV THE WAY OF FORTUNEVI A NEW HOMEVII THE LITTLE TOWN OF HANNIBALVIII THE FARMIX SCHOOL-DAYSX EARLY VICISSITUDE AND SORROWXI DAYS OF EDUCATIONXII TOM SAWYER’S BANDXIII THE GENTLER SIDEXIV THE PASSING OF JOHN CLEMENSXV A YOUNG BEN FRANKLINXVI THE TURNING-POINTXVII THE HANNIBAL “JOURNAL”XVIII THE BEGINNING OF A LITERARY LIFEXIX IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF FRANKLINXX KEOKUK DAYSXXI SCOTCHMAN NAMED MACFARLANEXXII THE OLD CALL OF THE RIVERXXIII THE SUPREME SCIENCEXXIV THE RIVER CURRICULUMXXV LOVE-MAKING AND ADVENTUREXXVI THE TRAGEDY OF THE “PENNSYLVANIA”XXVII THE PILOTXXVIII PILOTING AND PROPHECYXXIX THE END OF PILOTINGXXX THE SOLDIERXXXI OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAYXXXII THE PIONEERXXXIII THE PROSPECTORXXXIV TERRITORIAL CHARACTERISTICSXXXV THE MINERXXXVI LAST MINING DAYSXXXVII THE NEW ESTATEXXXVIII ONE OF THE “STAFF”XXXIX PHILOSOPHY AND POETRYXL “MARK TWAIN”XLI THE CREAM OF COMSTOCK HUMORXLII REPORTORIAL DAYS.XLIII ARTEMUS WARDXLIV GOVERNOR OF THE “THIRD HOUSE”XLV A COMSTOCK DUELXLVI GETTING SETTLED IN SAN FRANCISCOXLVII BOHEMIAN DAYSXLVIII THE REFUGE OF THE HILLSXLIX THE JUMPING FROGL BACK TO THE TUMULTLI THE CORNER-STONELII A COMMISSION TO THE SANDWICH ISLANDSLIII ANSON BURLINGAME AND THE “HORNET” DISASTERThe Personal And Literary Life Of Samuel Langhorne Clemensby Albert Bigelow PaineVOLUME I, Part 1: 1835-1866 →