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Serialised book readings, featuring works of non-fiction, biography, autobiography, travel, diaries, essays, humour and history

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Book of the Week: Autobiography of Mark Twain

Book of the Week: Autobiography of Mark Twain: Episode 2

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Autobiography of Mark Twain

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BBC Radio 4 - Book of the Week, Autobiography of Mark Twain, Episode 2

Mark Twain remembers the annual boyhood visits to his uncle's farm in Florida.

Early morning turkey hunts. Mark Twain's visits to his uncle's farm and how they inspired his stories. Read by Kerry Shale.

Read by Kerry Shale. Mark Twain remembers the annual boyhood visits to his Uncle's farm in Florida. He admits transporting the farm to several other locations in his later work, and his memories of his time there and the characters he met are every bit as vibrant in his newly published autobiography as the writing in the classic stories he based on them. 

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...Twain. Kerry Shale reads from Mark Twain's autobiography

Kerry Shale reads from Mark Twain's autobiography, which he forbade to be published until 100 years after his death.

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