The opening spread in the 1917 book written by Mark Twain’s spirit (Source: Public Domain Review)

A Look at Mark Twain’s Post-mortem Writing Career

The author’s spirit is credited with writing at least three books

Tim Gebhart
Published in
4 min readMay 4, 2021

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During his life, Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, became “the greatest humorist this country has produced,” according to the New York Times. It seems Twain still wanted to write after he died in April 1910. He supposedly “ghost” wrote at least three books.

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Tim Gebhart
Exploring History

Retired Lawyer. Book Addict. History Buff. Lifelong South Dakotan. Blog: prairieprogressive.com