Mark Twain claimed in his autobiography that he was the first important writer to present a publisher with a typewritten manuscript for adventures of Tom Sawyer, (1876), Thorbdunan research shown that Twain's memory was incorrect 33387 Paper: 195; 111; Book Detectives of the Typ writers teaches Mississippi (1883, also on Twain).
Mark Twain claimed in his autobiography that he was the first important writer to present a publisher with a typewritten manuscript, for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876). Research showed that Twain's memory was incorrect and that the first book submitted in typed form was Life on the Mississippi (1883, also by Twain).