I've got a folder stuffed with research and have begun working it into 
shape.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Talbot" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2014 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: Laura Wright


> Kevin,
> Your research is stunning and much to be relied upon. I look forward to 
> your
> revealing a new and as yet undisclosed sweetheart. Please give to us the
> full accounting of it that we are so royally used to. Best to Donna.
> Rick
>
> Richard Talbot
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Heather 
> Morgan
> Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2014 9:08 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Laura Wright
>
> Kevin - you are an absolute Twain wizard! Every time you post 
> something,=20
> I learn yet more about Mark Twain. Can't wait to hear more later this=20
> year.
> With thanks, Heather.
> =C2=A0
> =C2=A0
> =C2=A0On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 09:41 AM, Kevin Mac Donnell wrote:
> =C2=A0
> =C2=A0> Howard Baetzhold wrote a piece connecting Laura Wright with 
> Twain's=
> =20
> essay
>> (My Platonic Sweetheart) in American Literature 44 (Nov 1972).=20
>> Somebody else suggested Susy Clemens as a "platonic sweetheart" in the=20
>> MTJ (Winter 1981-82). Before his Smithsonian piece, Ron Powers=20
>> included a good account of Laura Wright in his 2005 Twain biography.=20
>> More recently Alicia Tromp has rejected those flesh & blood models for=20
>> Twain's essay in her article in American Literary Realism (Platonic=20
>> Parody) 46:1 (Fall, 2013).
>>
>> I'll have more to say about Twain's various "sweethearts" when I=20
>> reveal a previously unknown one later this year.
>>
>> Kevin
>> @
>> Mac Donnell Rare Books
>> 9307 Glenlake Drive
>> Austin TX 78730
>> 512-345-4139
>> Member: ABAA, ILAB
>> *************************
>> You may browse our books at
>> www.macdonnellrarebooks.com
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Holmes" To: Sent: Sunday,=20
>> January 12, 2014 2:48 AM
>> Subject: Laura Wright
>>
>>
>>>=20
>>> http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/mark-twain-in-love-14530235/?=
> all
>>>
>>> I just came across this article and thought I'd mention it to the=20
>>> list.
>>> This is the first I've heard of Laura Wright nor have I seen "My
>>> Platonic Sweetheart".  Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts=20
>>> about
>>> this piece in the Smithsonian.
>>>
>>>
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