I thought the absence of  Michael's 1990 work was a curious and glaring 
omission that begs for some explanation from the editors. This is not a rude 
challenge to their apparent decision to exclude it, but an expression of 
genuine bewilderment.

With the passage of time, I find myself growing more and more prone to 
bewilderment.

Kevin
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Kiskis" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 8:57 AM
Subject: Re: Mark Twain's Amazing Embargo: The brilliant brand management 
behind the handling of his autobiography.


>I am going to self-serving this morning, and I hope that the managers of
> this list will allow it.
>
> I am consistently surprised that most commentators on the autobiography
> insist that there have only been three versions prior to the MTP 
> edition --
> Paine's, DeVoto's, and Neider's.  In fact, even the editors of the MTP
> autobiography focus on only those three.  There appears to be no attention
> paid to the fourth edition -- *Mark Twain's Own Autobiography, *a 
> collection
> of the material Clemens published as "Chapters from my autobiography" in 
> the
> *North American Review *(1906-1907).  I first presented that material in 
> an
> edition from University of Wisconsin Press in 1990; a second edition with 
> an
> expanded introduction and updated annotations and bibliography appeared in
> 2010.
>
> While a case can be made that the NAR text is separate from the mass of
> autobiographical manuscripts, it was shaped out of those materials by
> Clemens and George Harvey (editor of the NAR).  Therefore, I think it
> deserves some mention in the list.  And I think that the critical
> introduction to the volume, which places it within the context of the 
> later
> editions as well as the process of composing the autobiography, deserves
> some attention for shaping questions that inform our reading of Clemens'
> chaotic texts.
>
> I apologize for this brief interruption.
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 8:11 AM, Mark Twain Forum List Administrator <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> N.B. I am posting this on behalf of Craig Fehrman.--Kevin B.
>>
>> ~~~~~
>>
>> A few months back, I sent you the link to my story on the fate of Mark
>> Twain's Greenwich Village home. I've got another weird Twain story --  
>> this
>> time in Slate, and this time on the long history of Twain's autobiography
>> and the various editors who broke his embargo and then found themselves
>> embroiled in mini-scandals. The essay includes everything from Cold War
>> intrigue to the author of The Power of Positive Thinking. Plus, of 
>> course,
>> a
>> lot of Twain.
>>
>> Anyway, seemed like something the Twain-L readers might enjoy.
>>
>> Best,
>> Craig
>>
>> http://www.slate.com/id/2272634/pagenum/all/
>>
>> <end>
>>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Michael J. Kiskis
> Leonard Tydings Grant Professor of American Literature
> Elmira College
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> Elmira, NY  14901
>
>
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