Fact · Dictation
The editors of Mark Twain's autobiography write that his autobiographical dictations would form the bulk of the book he called the Autobiography of Mark Twain.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“He soon decided that these Autobiographical Dictations would form the bulk of what he would call the Autobiography of Mark Twain”
Autobiography of Mark Twain: Explanatory Notes and Introduction, Mark Twain Project, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Mark Twain Project, 2010, Introduction, on the start of the autobiographical dictations.
Open the original- What it measures
- The dictations began in January 1906 and were typed by a stenographer, as the same introduction describes.
- What it does not show
- The editors' account of Twain's plan. The published autobiography also includes material from other sources, so the share is not measured here.