Posted for Judith Yaross Lee: Carl and Larry, I will be happy to share privately an account I wrote long ago on Paige Compositor that does include the technical history of it and the competition, but I am traveling and can't do so just now. Meanwhile, here is a citation: Lee, Judith Yaross. "Anatomy of A Fascinating Failure." [Mark Twain and the Paige Compositor]. American Heritage of Invention and Technology 3 (Summer 1987): 55-60. Judith Judith Yaross Lee, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor of Communication Studies Charles E. Zumkehr Professor of Rhetoric & Culture Director, Central Region Humanities Center School of Communication Studies Ohio University Schoonover Center 439 Athens, Ohio 45701 T: 740-593-4888 F: 740-593-4810 My newest book: Twain's Brand: Humor in Contemporary American Culture<http://www.ohio.edu/people/leej/Twains_Brand.html<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.ohio.edu_people_leej_Twains-5FBrand.html&d=DwMGaQ&c=a-IB_GMEfAZCNvTl5o6ZExYKmR-HZTqw1M_ZxQv8eiY&r=M7fe_5tVzFcSaDV_TGyMVieQKup7oSC-0rxoDyxcCJY&m=N0_XnJCXamxDn3hVFf4a-eNOyb-URpyQh74xOr9GS9g&s=a-6gZ74yVQF3XLoDYnTltKpnA06Cgz-IW2_X0iPS32I&e=>>? Larry Howe Professor of English & Film Studies Department of Literature and Languages Roosevelt University Editor, Studies in American Humor (2018) Vice-president, Mark Twain Circle of America
