Paine, Albert Bigelow

Paine, Albert Bigelow( 1861–1937),
editor, dramatist, biographer, and author of several novels, is best known for his authorized three-volume biography of Mark Twain (1912) and for his editorship of Twain's letters (1917). The title of one of Paine's plays, The Great White Way (1901), gave a familiar nickname to New York City's theatrical district.