award winning audio…

• Audie Award (Best Multi-Voice Narration)
• Grammy Nomination (Best Spoken Word Recording)
• Publishers Weekly “Listen-Up Award”

Some literature is meant to be read aloud. We asked Mandy Patinkin, Betty Buckley and Walter Cronkite to give voice to the Diaries, and they all said yes. We thought we knew the text backwards and forwards, inside and out, but their interpretation is like reading those words for the first time. This is one of Walter Cronkite’s final recordings.

Mandy Patinkin, Walter Cronkite and Betty Buckley

“An enchanting re-creation.”  —All Things Considered, NPR

“It’s the charming audio version with actors Mandy Patinkin and Betty Buckley that makes this literary experience come alive with all the wonder, innocence and pig-headedness that its two protagonists convey.”  —Holt Uncensored

“A treasure. You’ll want to listen to this one more than once.”  —The Roanoke Times

“A fine audio version. It’s remarkable to realize how completely Twain prefigured Men are from Mars, Women Are from Venus.”
—The San Jose Mercury News

“If there were an award for the Highest Concentration of American Favorites in One Audio Package, this audiobook would be a strong contender! THE DIARIES offers listeners a chance to experience the prose of one of this country’s most cherished storytellers, Mark Twain, as read by two Broadway stars, bookended with commentary by the most distinctive voice in the latter half of the twentieth century, Walter Cronkite.”
—AudioFile

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