Mr. Beat tells the story of Mark Twain, the greatest storyteller in U.S. history.

Uh ok, so this is, like, the description of the video, so keep reading.

Credits

Produced and edited by Matt Beat
Filmed by Matt Beat, Shannon Beat, L. Beat, and R. Beat

Additional images used under fair use guidelines or found in the public domain.

Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat’s band), Bad Snacks, Youknow Lincoln, and Silent Partner.

Creative Commons credits: C. Pederson and Marty Aligata.

Script

https://www.iammrbeat.com/resources/mark-twain-probably-said-that

Sources & Further Reading

Mark Twain by Ron Chernow
Purchase: https://amzn.to/4dGdQlT

Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain: A Biography by Justin Kaplan
Purchase: https://amzn.to/4wN7bPC

The Autobiography of Mark Twain
https://dn720700.ca.archive.org/0/items/autobiographyofm0000neid/autobiographyofm0000neid.pdf

Mark Twain, Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches & Essays 1891-1910 by Louis J. Budd
https://web.archive.org/web/20220221024155/https://orwell.ru/library/reviews/twain/english/e_twain

Mark Twain Papers - University of California, Berkeley
https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/visit/bancroft/mark-twain-papers

Mark Twain Project Online
https://legacy.mtpo2.org/

Wikiquote: Mark Twain
https://simple.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mark_Twain

Paul Shackel, “America’s Hometown: Fiction, Mark Twain, and the Re-creation of Hannibal, Missouri”
https://web.archive.org/web/20230116060517/https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paul-Shackel/publication/254316024_America-s_home_town_Fiction_Mark_Twain_and_the_re-creation_of_Hannibal_Missouri/links/570ba73608ae2eb94223a774/America-s-home-town-Fiction-Mark-Twain-and-the-re-creation-of-Hannibal-Missouri.pdf

New Territory Magazine: Literary Landscapes - Mark Twain & Hannibal, Missouri
https://newterritorymag.com/literary-landscapes/mark-twain-hannibal-missouri-2/

TwainQuotes
https://www.twainquotes.com/

Twain’s Geography
https://twainsgeography.com/

Center for Mark Twain Studies - Elmira College
https://www.elmira.edu/welcome-to-elmira/center-for-mark-twain-studies

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