I recommend the Marszalek edition, as done by the Grant Project. I consulted on it and think they did a fine job of annotation. As far as I know there has never been done a complete critical edition of the Memoirs that gives a record of the many hands that edited the MS in a textual apparatus. I hope it is done one day. Mandy Mark Twain Project On Monday, December 31, 2018, Charles Cogar <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > THANKS very much, Barb. > > As a recent pub, do you think it could be more complete than: > The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant: The Complete Annotated Edition > Hardcover – October 16, 2017 by Ulysses S. Grant > <https://www.amazon.com/Ulysses-S.-Grant/e/B000AQW28W/ > ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1> > (Author), John F. Marszalek > <https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_2?ie=UTF8& > text=John+F.+Marszalek&search-alias=books&field-author=John+ > F.+Marszalek&sort=relevancerank> > (Editor), Frank J. Williams > <https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_3?ie=UTF8& > text=Frank+J.+Williams&search-alias=books&field-author= > Frank+J.+Williams&sort=relevancerank> > (Preface), & 2 more > <https://www.amazon.com/Personal-Memoirs-Ulysses- > Grant-Annotated/dp/0674976290/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0?_ > encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=T0PEC4XJP8TKNXVHZ8EB#> > > Charles Cogar > > On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 7:47 AM Barbara Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > An annotated edition of the autobiography Twain was involved with has > just > > been released. A recent review of it is online at: > > > > http://www.tinyurl.com/yaexpsd7 > > > > Barb > > > > > > On Saturday, December 29, 2018, Kenneth M. Sanderson < > > [log in to unmask]> > > wrote: > > > > > Charles, > > > > > > The Grant memoir "with which Mark Twain was involved" is the first one, > > > published by Charles L. Webster, the husband of Clemens's niece, Annie > > > Moffat Webster. > > > > > > Good luck finding a decent copy. > > > > > > Ken Sanderson > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 2:07 PM Charles Cogar <[log in to unmask] > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > There are many editions of this book. Which edition is the one with > > which > > > > Mark Twain was involved? That's the one I want to buy. > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > > > Charles Cogar > > > > Louisiana Missouri > > > > > > > > > > -- Amanda Gagel, PhD Associate Editor Mark Twain Project http://www.marktwainproject.org <http://www.marktwainproject.org/homepage.html> Bancroft Library UC-Berkeley 510.664.9969