Mark Twain Ball

On Thursday, November 4, 2010, Litquake, Bancroft Library, UC Press, and California Historical Society present the first-ever Mark Twain Ball to celebrate publication of his brand-new autobiography. If you think Twain was witty at his 70th birthday dinner (shown below, courtesy of The Mark Twain Project), just imagine what he saved for the autobiography that marks his 100th birthday.

This event will be the first Bay Area launch of this long-awaited book, held in the city that helped birth the career of America’s best-loved humorist. This new edition is already on bestseller lists, in advance of its November 15 publication date. Be sure to read all the reviews.
Come to the Mark Twain Ball and see what CBS, CNN, New York Times, Guardian, and the Independent are all raving about. Event features Twain video and slideshow, period music and special cocktails, Twain-themed snacks, and select readings from the Autobiography by actors from A.C.T.! Costumes and mustaches encouraged. Twain books and t-shirts will be for sale.
Thursday, November 4 Green Room, 401 Van Ness Ave. 7 pm Remaining tickets $20 available at the door.
Forbidden to be published until 100 years after his death, this new deluxe edition of Twain’s Autobiography (Volume 1 of 3) is at last presented according to the author’s specific instructions. Some highlights: President Theodore Roosevelt is described as “one of the most impulsive men in existence.”…the American soldiers Roosevelt sent to the Philippines are referred to as “uniformed assassins”…even Twain’s Italian landlady is called “excitable, malicious, malignant, vengeful, unforgiving, selfish, stingy, avaricious, coarse, vulgar, profane, and obscene.”