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Barbara Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 26 Nov 1996 20:56:20 -0500
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In 1885 Thomas Handford published an interview with Sam Clemens' mother
and his wife which appeared in a book sold by subscription through
the R. G. Badoux Company of Chicago titled _Pleasant Hours with
Illustrious Men and Women_.  In the interview Jane Clemens stated
her son was more like Huck Finn than Tom Sawyer and also related how
she tried to exact a promise from Sam in the presence of his father's
coffin.  Livy is quoted as stating that Tom Sawyer's Aunt Polly and
Mrs. Hawkins in _Gilded Age_ are direct portraits of Sam's mother Jane.

It is difficult to discern whether Handford conducted this interview
himself or whether it is a reprint from something printed previously.
Anyone familiar with the first appearance of this interview?

Barb

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