Oh! I would love one:)
May I?
Thanks :)
Jules

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Caroline Lawrence
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 12:22 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Reminder: ALS 2011

Susan=2C if you or anyone else would like a galley of my kids' book featuri= ng Twain=2C out 12 February=2C I have two left to give away.=20 The Case of the Deadly Desperados Caroline Lawrencehttp://www.carolinelawrence.com
London=2C England


> Date: Tue=2C 3 Jan 2012 17:02:08 +0000
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Reminder: ALS 2011
> To: [log in to unmask]
>=20
> Dear John=2C
>=20
> Buon Ani=2C as they were saying in Rome when I left on Sunday.  I hope 
>th=
e ye=3D
> ar treats you well.
>=20
> Re ALS: are you interested in depictions of Twain in works of fiction?  
>I=
'm=3D
>  deeply into John Sayles' novel A Moment in the Sun=2C a 
> Dos-Passos-like =
depi=3D
> ction of the events of 1899 (the Wilmington riots and the gold-rush in 
> Al=
as=3D
> ka=2C as well as Cuba & the Philippines).  He has a short chapter or 
> two =
that=3D
>  feature Twain as The Humorist=2C making comments about U.S. empire.  
> It'=
s ki=3D
> nd of like the Twain glimpses on Star-Trek some years ago.
>=20
> I can't send them to you b/c I have the book on Kindle=2C but I can 
>tell =
you =3D
> where to find them if you are interested.  Best=2C  --s
>=20
> Susan K. Harris
>=20
> Hall Professor of American Literature
>=20
> University of Kansas
>=20
> Author of God's Arbiters: Americans and the Philippines=2C 1898-1902
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> ________________________________________
> From: Mark Twain Forum [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of John Bird 
>[birdj1@=
PE=3D
> OPLEPC.COM]
> Sent: Saturday=2C December 31=2C 2011 3:54 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Reminder: ALS 2011
>=20
> Happy New Year=2C Twainiacs! I hope 2012 treats us all well.
>=20
> I wanted to post a reminder that I will be writing the Mark Twain 
>chapter  for American Literary Scholarship 2011=2C taking over that 
>task for our l=
ate
> and lamented friend=2C Michael Kiskis. Please send me information 
> about articles or books related to Mark Twain that were published in 
> 2011.  Bet=
te=3D
> r
> yet=2C send me offprints of articles=2C and have your publisher send 
> me y=
our
> Twain book. Here is my contact information:
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> Email: [log in to unmask]
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> School snail mail address:
> John Bird
> Department of English
> 250 Bancroft Hall
> Winthrop University
> Rock Hill=2C SC 29733
>=20
> Thank you! Despite the daunting nature of this task=2C I am looking 
>forwa=
rd t=3D
> o
> it. BTW=2C I am currently reading Hal Holbrook's autobiography=2C 
> which h=
ad a
> pretty scathing review that someone recently posted a link to on the 
> Foru=
m.
> I am about halfway through=2C and even though he is not to "Mark Twain 
> Tonight!" yet=2C and thus the Twain content is minimal so far=2C I am 
> fin=
ding i=3D
> t
> to be very interesting and well-written. I can hear Hal Holbrook's 
> voice =
in
> my head--which for me=2C is pretty much Mark Twain's voice...
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> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> John Bird
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