Sorry this reply is so late in coming. I'm just getting to the old
discussions. I don't know if Twain's depiction of Americans is the first
Ugly American but it does indeed fit the bill. There is one scene in the
book where a self-important American insists on wine for dinner and says he
always has wine at home, etc. being rude and loud. It would describe some
people accurately today also.
Jerry O'Brien
