Who is Albert Bigelow Paine

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.BiographyPaine 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 twenty, he moved to St. Louis, where he trained as a photographer, and became a dealer in photographic supplies in Fort Scott, Kansas. Paine sold ...
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  • Sary "fixes Up" Things
    Oh, yes, we've be'n fixin' up some sence we sold that piece o' groun'
    Fer a place to put a golf-lynx to them crazy dudes from town.
    (Anyway, they laughed like crazy when I had it specified,
    Ef they put a golf-lynx on it, thet they'd haf to keep him tied.) ...
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Esdcloudmedia: introducing a readers favourite - gobolinks (first edition 1896) by ruth mcenery stuart and albert bigelow paine out of print first ever edition recreated for kindle readers available on amazon!
Esdcloudmedia: introducing a readers favourite - gobolinks (first edition 1896) by ruth mcenery stuart and albert bigelow paine out of print first ever edition recreated for kindle readers available on amazon!
Esdcloudmedia: introducing a readers favourite - gobolinks (first edition 1896) by ruth mcenery stuart and albert bigelow paine out of print first ever edition recreated for kindle readers available on amazon!
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