COMPLETMark Twain: His Life and Work by Will. M. Clemens-mas

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Mark Twain: His Life and Work. A Biographical Sketch by William M. Clemens (1860 - 1931).

This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/mark-twain-by-william-m-clemens/

As far as anyone has been able to establish, Will Clemens was NOT related to Sam Clemens (Mark Twain), though they did become acquaintances. The 200-page biography Will Clemens wrote and published himself may have been the earliest full-length study of MT. It was published July 1,1892 as "No. 1" in a paperback series called "The Pacific Library," price 25¢, and did well enough to be republished in 1894 by a publisher in Chicago. Throughout the book Clemens relies mainly on other writers' previously published work. (summary by John Greenman)
  1. Text source (only read from this text!): https://archive.org/details/marklifework00clemrich
  2. Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): wordperfect

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  3. The reader will record the following at the beginning and end of each file:
    No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!

    START of recording (Intro):
    • "Chapter [number] of Mark Twain; his life and work. A biographical sketch. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
    • If you wish, say:
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      "Mark Twain; his life and work. A biographical sketch, by William M. Clemens. [Chapter]"


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    • "Chapter [number] of Mark Twain; his life and work. A biographical sketch by William M. Clemens. This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain."
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      "Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
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      "[Chapter title]"
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Last edited by johng on December 15th, 2017, 7:47 am, edited 2 times in total.
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John,
Seems that a good part of the first post is missing (including the new project code). Can you give it another shot?
Thanks.
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MaryAnnSpiegel wrote:John,
Seems that a good part of the first post is missing (including the new project code). Can you give it another shot?
Thanks.
MaryAnn
Will do!
Tnx
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Thanks John. I'd be happy to MC this for you. I'll get things set up.
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MaryAnnSpiegel wrote:Thanks John. I'd be happy to MC this for you. I'll get things set up.
MaryAnn
Thanks MaryAnn
Just waiting for final confirmation from the source of the opening statement and I'll start.
Meanwhile I'll ask for a proof reader

:-)
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:D May I be DPL?
Helen

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HZFerr wrote::D May I be DPL?
Yes, of course!
Thanks so much for asking !!!!
:-)
We'll get started on the morrow.
-j
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Helen,

Added you to the MW. 8-)

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just uploaded Chapter 1 (8:06)

https://librivox.org/uploads/maryannspiegel/_mtsketch_01_clemens_128kb.mp3

Unless you WANT the entire URL each time, I'll assume you can get the link from the MW

Mary Ann,
should I be putting info into the MW's "Meta" column??
(I can't remember)

or is that something you can do at the end, all at once, for all chapters??

Please let me know of ANY technical problems (as well as "typos" etc....)

:-)
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Post by MaryAnnSpiegel »

Thanks John. The meta data is added to each file as part of the cataloging process, so no need to enter anything in the "meta" column.
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MaryAnnSpiegel wrote:Thanks John. The meta data is added to each file as part of the cataloging process, so no need to enter anything in the "meta" column.
MaryAnn
thanks!!
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Sect 1 Preface

PL OK :thumbs:

John, your reading is wonderful. :clap:
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HZFerr wrote:Sect 1 Preface

PL OK :thumbs:

John, your reading is wonderful. :clap:
Tnx!

Onward and upward!
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Chap 2 (30:09) is done
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Chap 3 is done
(36:04)
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