Trivia: First Book Composed on a Typewriter

By Alex in Book & Literature, Daily Trivia on Oct 12, 2007 at 12:26 am

Mark Twain’s Life on the Mississippi, published in 1883, was the first book composed on a typewriter.


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  1. Justin
    Oct 12th, 2007 at 9:18 am

    I didn’t know they had typewriters back then…

  2. Sid Morrison
    Oct 12th, 2007 at 10:09 am

    They didn’t have many… That’s why Twain was first to write a book that way!

  3. JaneFan
    Oct 15th, 2007 at 12:08 pm

    Ok, then what was the first book composed on a computer???


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