Book of the Week - Autobiography of Mark Twain - Episode 3

Read by Kerry Shale. In Nevada in 1864 there was a sudden fashion for duelling. At the time Samuel L. Clemens, better known now as Mark Twain, was City Editor on the Virginia City Enterprise. He was just 29 years-old and though ambitious, he claims he had no desire to fight a duel, even for the honour of his paper. But somehow, in spite of his intentions, he managed to provoke the proprietor of the rival Virginia Union. Abridged by Jane Marshall Productions Producer: Jane Marshall A Jane Marshall Production for BBC Radio 4.