Thanks Barbara.  I really appreciate your knowledgeable tips!
Chances are Mark Twain read Howell's work, for sure, and Lincoln's raft
trip might have been mentionied in it, too.  I'll check your archive link.
THANKS
Arianne Laidlaw

On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 3:13 PM, Barbara Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> I don't think the fact that William Dean Howells wrote an 1860 campaign
> biography _Life of Abraham Lincoln_ should be overlooked.  This book is not
> listed in Gribben's _Mark Twain's Library: A Reconstruction_.  However in a
> letter dated 5 Aug. 1876, Howells reminded Clemens: "You know I wrote the
> Life of Lincoln which elected him."  The text of Howell's book is also
> available online at archive.org.
>
> Barb
>



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Arianne Laidlaw A '58