http://marktwainindc.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/the-humor-of-negroes-by-w-e-b-du-bois-mark-twain-quarterly-fall-winter-1942-1943-5-312/ On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 5:39 PM, Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear wonderful LIST-members: > > I've dug around, grinding the wheels -- but it remains my understanding > that Twain and Du Bois never met: David Levering Lewis says as much (chief > biographer of WEBD). There are no mentions of Du Bois, or any letters to > or from Du Bois, in the MTP databases. > > Again, I defer to the hundreds of truly expert readers here to confirm > simply: > > Is that accurate?? was there any contact whatsoever?? thanks, --Hal B. > > > > -- > Prof. Harold K. Bush > Professor of English > 3800 Lindell > Saint Louis University > St. Louis, MO 63108 > 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h) > <www.slu.edu/x23809.xml> > -- John Muller 202.236.3413 l [log in to unmask] Capital Community News l Greater Greater Washington l Huffington Post DC *Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C: The Lion of Anacostia <http://www.amazon.com/Frederick-Douglass-Washington-D-c-Anacostia/dp/1609495772/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=H42HP4SBZ8OA&coliid=I34OMAR1SV8L9G>* [The History Press, 2012] - Winner of 2013 DC READS <http://www.dclibrary.org/dcreads> http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/Douglassi http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/JohnMul Mark Twain in Washington, D.C.: The Adventures of a Capital Correspondent <http://amzn.to/19PzIFd> [The History Press, October 29, 2013]