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Read more: https://www.npr.org/2010/12/01/131703237/on-publishing-mark-twain-s-autobiography
TIL Mark Twain declared that he discovered the right way to do an autobiography by talking about whatever interested him at the moment rather than writing it chronologically. From his bed, Twain dictated nearly 2,000 pages of the book to his stenographer over three years
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Is his autobiography any good?
… so I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time.
What an amazing writer. you know what we should do? change everything he ever wrote. Also we should ban his books because he’s not woke.