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1. Taming The Bicycle, by Mark Twain

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2. The War Prayer, by Mark Twain, read by Walter O’Hara

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   The War Prayer is my favorite shorter fiction piece by Mr. Mark Twain, aka Samuel Clemens, distinguished man of letters and literary giant of the 19th century. The War Prayer was written quite late in his life, circa 1905. The piece was written in protest of the American-Phillipine War, which Twain opposed, and did not see print in his lifetime. Biting and caustic, The War Prayer is as powerful today as it was when it was written. I hope I have done justice to it here.

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3. ‘The Autobiography Of Mark Twain’: Satire To Spare - Morning Edition

   Mark Twain changed the rules of American fiction when, in Huckleberry Finn, he let a redneck kid tell his story in his own dialect. But the brilliant satirist had a hard time figuring out what rules to break as he struggled for years to tell his own life story. Now, 100 years after his death, Mark Twain’s autobiography is being published the way the author himself wished — from dictated stories collected by the University of California, Berkeley’s Mark Twain Project. The first volume (of three) is out now, and the long-anticipated release is drawing attention from Twain-lovers around the world.

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4. On Publishing Mark Twain’s Autobiography - Fresh Air from WHYY

   Robert Hirst, the director of the Mark Twain Project, joins Fresh Air contributor David Bianculli for a discussion about the recent publication of Mark Twain’s autobiography — in the structure the author himself wished — from dictated stories collected by the University of California, Berkley’s Mark Twain Project

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