= Albert_Paine =

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= Albert_Paine =
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Introduction
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Albert Bigelow Paine (July 10, 1861 - April 9, 1937) was an American
author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. Paine
was a member of the Pulitzer Prize Committee and wrote in several
genres, including fiction, humor, and verse.

Biography
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Paine was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, the son of Vermont
farmer Samuel Estabrook Paine and Massachusetts shopkeeper Mercy Coval
Kirby Paine, and was moved to Bentonsport, Iowa when he was one year
old. From early childhood until early adulthood, Paine lived in the
village of Xenia in southern Illinois; here he received his schooling.
His home in Xenia is still standing. At the age of 20, he moved to St.
Louis, where he trained as a photographer, and became a dealer in
photographic supplies in Fort Scott, Kansas. Paine sold out in 1895 to
become a full-time writer, moving to New York. He spent most of his
life in Europe, including France, where he wrote two books about Joan
of Arc. The works were so well received in France that he was awarded
the title of 'Chevalier' in the 'Légion d'honneur' by the French
government.

Albert and Dora Paine had three daughters. Max McCoy in his
"Biographer Obscura: The Secret Life of Albert Bigelow Paine" (in Mark
Twain Journal Vol. 56, No. 1 [Spring 2018], pp. 249-267) claims Paine
was earlier married to Minnie Schultz, and he either lied or committed
bigamy by marrying Dora while still married to his first wife.

Selected bibliography
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;Books about Mark Twain
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*'Mark Twain: A Biography', 4 volumes (1912)
*'The Boy's Life of Mark Twain' (1916)
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*'Mark Twain's Letters', 2 volumes (editor, 1917)
*'A Short Life of Mark Twain' (1920)
*'Mark Twain's Speeches' (editor, 1923)

;Other biographies
*'Th. Nast: His Period And His Pictures' (1904)
*'Captain Bill McDonald, Texas Ranger: A Story of Frontier Reform'
(1909)
*'Joan of Arc, Maid of France' (1925)
*'The Girl in White Armor: The Story of Joan of Arc' (1927)
* ' Theodore N. Vail: A Biography' (1929)
*'Life and Lillian Gish' (1932)
*'George Fisher Baker, a biography: With illustrations' (1938)

;Children's books
*The Arkansaw Bear Series
**'The Arkansaw Bear' (1898)
**'Elsie and the Arkansaw Bear' (1909)
*The Hollow Tree Series (illustrated by J. M. Condé):
**'The Hollow Tree and Deep Woods Book' (1898)
**'The Hollow Tree Snowed-In Book' (1901)
**'Hollow Tree Nights and Days' (1915)
*Other children's books
** 'Gobolinks, or Shadow-Pictures for Young and Old' (1896)
**'Golden Cat' (1934)

;Novels
*'The Mystery of Evelin Delorme, A Hypnotic Story' (1894)
*'The Bread Line' (1900)
*'The Great White Way' (1901)

;Travel books
*'The Van Dwellers: A Strenuous Quest for a Home' (1901)
*'The Tent Dwellers' (1908)
*'The Ship Dwellers' (1910)
*'The Car That Went Abroad' (1921)

;Other books
*'Rhymes by Two Friends' with William Allen White (1893)
*'A Little Garden Calendar' (1905)
*'Dwellers in Arcady: The Story of an Abandoned Farm' illustrated by
Thomas Fogarty (1919)
*'Peanut, The Story of a Boy' (1913)

External links
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[http://dmr.bsu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/HistChldBks&CISOPTR=49735&REC=9
Full text of 'Hollow Tree Nights and Days'], Harper & Brothers.
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/juv.17793 'Gobolinks, or Shadow-Pictures
for Young and Old'] （1896. From the collections at the Library of
Congress

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