For the first time, here is Twain's uncensored autobiography. He instructed that it not be published until 100 years after his death in 1910. This first of three volumes presents his authentic and unsuppressed voice, brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions; and speaking clearly from the grave, as he intended. "The haphazard narrative is engrossing, hugely funny, and deeply revealing of its author's mind."—Publishers Weekly