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Subject:	Kevin MacDonnell got the origin of "Mark Twain" completely wrong
From:	"Carl J. Chimi" <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:	Fri, 24 Feb 2017 13:47:53 -0500
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Yup, dead wrong.

 

How do I know?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GYRGafQ7SI

 

Yup, a 1959 episode of Bonanza gives the full account of how the Cartwright clan helped (an oddly mid-40s guy who in no way resembles the actual young Sam Clemens) the young reporter to come up with his pen name.

 

It must be historically accurate because it is a TV western, and they knew a lot more about historical facts then than we do nowadays.

 

Sorry you went through all that effort, Kevin, but Hoss beat you to it!

 

Carl

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