Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
THE PRIVATE HISTORY OF A CAMPAIGN THAT FAILED
Explanatory Notes
Appendixes
A. Mark Twain: Speech at Hartford, Connecticut, 2 October 1877
B. Absalom Grimes: "Mark Twain's Campaign," 31 July 1886
Textual Apparatus
References
About the Editor
Benjamin Griffin is an editor at the Mark Twain Project. A native of Berkeley, he was educated at the University of California and at Cambridge University. He specializes in Mark Twain and in the theory and practice of scholarly editing.
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