About 600,000. Separately: wordcount for the early manuscripts and dictations of vol. 1 is about 81,000. The Ashcroft-Lyon MS in vol. 3 clocks in at 57,000 words. Sharon -- Digital Publications Manager, Mark Twain Papers & Project http://www.marktwainproject.org/ http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/MTP/ http://twitter.com/mtpo On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 6:22 PM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Now that it=E2=80=99s finally published in its entirety, I=E2=80=99m = > wondering: How many words does the Autobiography contain altogether? I = > mean the =E2=80=9Cactual=E2=80=9D text, not including the notes in each = > volume, the introduction and the early false starts. > > -- Bob G. >