Historical documents. What clues can you gather about Mark Twain, the time, place, players, and culture?

A cool cat named Rob has put almost all of Twain's works online. You can read Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer and many other fiction and non-fiction writings. Thanks, Rob!

Life Magazine's 1885 review mocking The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Mark Twain's speech at his 70th birthday party.

In 1885, Twain designed a game to improve the memory. You can play it online here.

A PDF view of Twain's 1910 obituary in the New York Times.

E-text of Albert Bigelow Paine's official biography of Twain.