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In a message dated 9/14/2006 11:33:34 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
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On 9/14/06 12:32 PM, "David H Fears" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> IT was indeed a term Sam often used in his letters--it does not appear
>> in his works?? Please elucidate this gray head with your ivory-tower
>> enlightenment.
>Your purple prose is mildly endearing, but I said phrase, not term. The
>phrase "Nigger Jim," guys, does not appear in AHF.
I am relieved. I'd supposed some menopausal, obstreperous, windbag at the
Concord Public Library had sconced Old Jim right out of the story--or
worse,
coppered him to be Puerto-Rican or French. My other qualities may be
somewhat
more endearing--however, Sam was fond of the purple pencil, and that's good
enough for me.
David H Fears
PS...my copy of A Readers Guide to the Short Stories of Mark Twain, by James
D. Wilson 1987, arrived yesterday and I can highly recommend the tome for
anyone wishing publication history, critical analyses and clear discussions
of
each story's relationship to other works by Sam.
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