Thanks Kent!
Here’s a great place to get ahold of Paine’s “Boys Life of MT”
https://archive.org/details/boys_life_of_twain_jg_0810_librivox

And as for the COLOSSAL ABP bio ....
It’s already started!!!
I know it’s huge... but it will be divided up, as Paine divided it... and so, should be digestible, or at least consumable, given time and determination!
I’m planning on learning A LOT!
:-)
-j

John Greenman
207-974-9911 

> On Feb 26, 2018, at 8:56 PM, Kent Rasmussen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> John, I'm listening to your recording of Henderson's book as I write this=
> .
> It sounds very good, and as a long-time audiobook addict I would like to
> thank you for taking the trouble to record books. Before you record Paine=
> 's
> 3-volume biography, however, I'd like to suggest that you instead conside=
> r
> recording one or more of Paine's shorter works, such as A SHORT LIFE OF M=
> ARK
> TWAIN, THE BOYS' LIFE OF MARK TWAIN, or THE SHIP DWELLERS. I make this
> suggestion because Paine's full biography is so long that people would be=
> 
> far more likely to listen to the shorter works. The long biography contai=
> ns
> about 500,000 words. At a typical reading speed of about 170 words a
> minutes, a recording of that work would run about 50 hours. How many peop=
> le
> would consider investing that much time in listening to it? Not many, I
> imagine--even if the book is freely accessible on LibriVox. However, if y=
> ou
> were to record one or two of Paine's shorter books and get a favorable
> response, then it might make more sense to record the long biography late=
> r.
> 
> That brings me to a question: I imagine it is possible to listen to Libri=
> Vox
> books on an iPhone, but HOW does one do that? I listen to books all the t=
> ime
> that I download from audible.com, but I have no idea how load other books=
> 
> onto my phone. Any tips would be welcome.
> 
> I'll conclude with a comment for forum members not familiar with audioboo=
> ks.
> In contrast to the professionally recorded books sold by Audible.com and
> other companies, LibriVox books are produced by a noncommercial service t=
> hat
> makes recordings of public domain books freely available to anyone who wa=
> nts
> to listen to them. Because the books are recorded by amateur volunteers,
> their quality varies enormously. Some, frankly are painful to listen to.
> John Greenman's recording of Henderson's MARK TWAIN is not in that class.=
> I
> don't know John and don't even recall hearing his name before now, but fr=
> om
> what I've listened to from the Henderson book so far, I can confidently s=
> ay
> he reads with a mature, measured voice that makes listening to the book
> pleasurable. If I can figure out how to load the book on my iPhone, I'll
> certainly listen to all of it.=20
> 
> Now a slightly embarrassing confession. I see on the LibriVox website tha=
> t
> John has already recorded numerous other works by and about Mark
> Twain--including Paine's BOYS' LIFE OF MARK TWAIN. So much for the
> suggestion I made at the beginning of this note. Moreover, to complete my=
> 
> embarrassment, I'll admit that I've just remembered that I already own a
> copy of that recording to which I have not yet listened--primarily becaus=
> e
> I've got it on a CD and don't know how to load it on my iPhone. This is
> another example of how I feel modern technology is passing me by.