Article Index
Autobiography of Methuselah
Forward
I am Born and Named
Early Influences
Some Reminiscences of Adam
Grandmother Eve
Some Notes on Cain and Abel
He Confesses to Being a Poet
The International Marine and Zoo Flotation Company
The Extinction of the Mastodon
As to Women
Some Long-Felt Wants
As to Prophecies
Miscellaneous Fragments

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Imagine Methuselah, the guy who lived for 969 years, wrote a book. What would he write? Immerse yourself into the world of dinosaur races and stone tablet writing, a world kind of different form ours in some respects, yet very similar in others. Now, this is a fun read!

The
Autobiography
of Methuselah

EDITED BY

JOHN KENDRICK BANGS

ILLUSTRATED IN COLOR BY

F. G. COOPER

NEW YORK

B. W. DODGE & COMPANY

1909

E-text prepared by David Clarke, Sankar Viswanathan,
from digital material generously made available by
Internet Archive/American Libraries

		PAGE
	Foreword	1
CHAPTER
I	I am Born and Named	19
II	Early Influences	35
III	Some Reminiscences of Adam	53
IV	Grandmother Eve	72
V	Some Notes on Cain and Abel	90
VI	He Confesses to Being a Poet	110
VII	The International Marine and Zoo Flotation Company	129
VIII	On the Extinction of the Mastodon	148
IX	As To Women	168

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